She’s now accused of tampering with evidence.
SAN ANTONIO — Days after a suspect was arrested for allegedly killing a 19-year-old Hondo man in east San Antonio, a woman is accused of having sold the bike authorities say he fired the fatal shot from for $200.
That woman, 33-year-old Veronica Montoya, now faces a charge of tampering with evidence.
San Antonio police officers responded to the 2200 block of East Commerce on Sunday morning, where gunfire was reported. When they arrived, authorities said they found Jordan Bocanegra dead.
Law enforcement officials said it appeared he was driving when he was shot at a gas station and crashed at the corner of East Commerce and South Polaris. According to an arrest affidavit, surveillance footage showed the murder suspect, 29-year-old Mark Criollo, pulling up to Bocanegra’s car on a bike and “pointing his left arm in the victim’s direction.”
Investigators later fond “a single 9 mm shell casing” in that same area, according to arrest records.
Criollo was later taken into custody following a lengthy standoff with police a couple blocks away. According to records, those who know him said Criollo and Bocanegra had “an ongoing conflict between each other.”
While in jail this week, Criollo was heard calling family members and telling them “to pawn his bike ‘before the cops get it,'” according to an affidavit.
“In another jail call, (Montoya) tells the murder suspect that she sold the bike to someone on Offer Up for ‘200,’” the affidavit goes on to say. “The murder suspect confirmed that the defendant was referring to the bike he ‘did the sh** on’ and the defendant stated it was.”
Montoya was taken into custody Tuesday, her bond set at $35,000.
Her exact relationship with Criollo is unknown.
‘Long live Jordan’
Bocanegra would have turned 20 years old on July 1.
Family members told KENS 5 he had only intended to visit San Antonio for the night before he was to return home to Hondo.
“This is definitely gonna leave a big hole in everybody’s hearts,” said Ashley Martinez, the teen’s cousin. “If you knew Jordan, you would definitely understand.”
His loved ones gathered for a memorial hours after his killing, placing dozens of red roses and candles in the formation of the letters LLJ, for “Long Live Jordan.”
