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The 12-year-old Flores Elementary School student charged with capital murder in the shooting death of 24-year-old boxer John Duane VanMeter previously lived with the victim and his girlfriend due to a troubled childhood, according to VanMeter’s girlfriend Sammy Chapa.
“I know [the suspect] because he was my son’s good friend. I took him in for a while ’cause he was always in the streets, and felt sorry for him. He kept getting into trouble along with my son, so I didn’t allow him in my home anymore,” Chapa said, noting that, prior to the incident, the last time the suspect visited her home was roughly two months ago.