Evidence Could Clear Teen Charged With Capital Murder: Reports

HOUSTON, TX — The defense team for a Bellaire teenager accused in the 2016 shooting deaths of his parents will present testimony from a family friend that alleges the child’s father was involved in a prostitution ring, according to media reports.

Antonio Armstrong Jr. 18, is accused of killing his parents, former NFL linebacker Antonio Armstrong Sr. and his wife Dawn Armstrong. Police responded to a 911 call from the home on July 29, 2016, and found Dawn Armstrong shot to death, and her husband mortally wounded from a gunshot wound to the head.

The teen, who called police while hiding in an upstairs closet, claimed he saw a masked man in his home and heard gunshots. The then-16-year-old boy was charged with capital murder hours after the shooting.

Maxine Adams, who knew the family, reportedly provided evidence to investigators at the Houston Police Department several months after the shooting that, if proven to be true, could prove Armstrong may have been telling the truth about his parents murder, the Houston Chronicle reported.

Adams told investigators that Armstrong Sr. was involved in a prostitution ring and that it led to the shooting of him and his wife, the Chronicle reported.

The Harris County District Attorney’s Office recently released the information to prosecutors which included the audio tape of Adams’ interview with police, along with 50,000 pages of phone records.

The information allegedly corroborated Adams’ claims of a prostitution ring, prompting defense attorneys in the case to file a motion of dismissal, which was denied.

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The trial is set to begin in June 2019.

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