Arlene Alvarez killed: Tony Earls Jr.’s $140,000 bail reduced to $90,000 after shooting 9-year-old girl in 2022

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) – A man’s bail was reduced from $140,000 on Monday after he was charged with murder in the 2022 shooting death of a 9-year-old girl.

The above video is from an earlier report.

A grand jury formally indicted 33-year-old Tony D. Earls Jr. on April 24 for the shooting death of Arlene Alvarez in the Gulfgate area on February 14, 2022.

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According to court documents, Earls Jr.’s bail was reduced to $90,000 at Monday’s hearing on murder and aggravated assault charges.

The 2022 incident occurred when Earls was robbed at gunpoint at the Chase Bank at the intersection of Winkler and Woodridge, police said.

Authorities said he fired several shots at the pickup truck Alvarez’s family drove past the bank while simultaneously shooting the thief, killing the girl.

In July 2022, Earls was released after a grand jury declined to indict him on aggravated assault charges.

His next court hearing is on July 24.

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