Murder Trial Begins For Eagle Pass Man Charged In 2020 Shooting Death Of Brian Davila
Jury selection began Nov. 12 in the Maverick County murder trial of Luis Alonso Perez Jr., charged in the May 2020 shooting death of 19-year-old Brian Davila in Eagle Pass.
EAGLE PASS, Texas – Jury selection began Thursday, Nov. 12, at the Maverick County Courthouse in the murder trial of Luis Alonso Perez Jr., the Eagle Pass man charged in the May 2020 shooting death of 19-year-old Brian Davila, according to other local news sources.
Testimony is expected to begin next week, and the trial is expected to last at least a week, according to other local news sources. Maverick County Sheriff’s Office deputies transported Perez from the county jail to the courthouse under security measures, according to other local news sources.
The 2020 Shooting
Davila was shot on Saturday, May 23, 2020, outside a business on El Indio Highway near Mathiwos Street in Eagle Pass, according to other local news sources. He was taken to Fort Duncan Regional Medical Center, where he died.
Witnesses identified the suspect, and Eagle Pass police officers and Maverick County deputies later found and detained Perez at a home on Vista Bonita Drive, according to other local news sources at the time. Perez, who was 21 then, was charged with murder and booked into the Tom Bowles Detention Center. The case was investigated by the Eagle Pass Police Department Criminal Investigations Division.
A Maverick County grand jury indicted Perez on the murder charge in July 2022, according to other local news sources.
Earlier Conviction
Perez is already serving a 14-year prison sentence in a separate case, according to other local news sources. In September 2024, he was found guilty of burglary of a habitation with intent to commit aggravated assault in connection with a Dec. 19, 2019, incident at Davila’s home, about five months before the shooting. That conviction does not decide the murder charge, which jurors will weigh on its own evidence.
Perez is presumed innocent of the murder charge unless and until he is proven guilty in court.
The Maverick Times will follow the trial as it moves forward.
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Sources: Other local news sources, including reports at the time of the May 2020 arrest that cited the Eagle Pass Police Department.
Photo: Maverick County Courthouse. The Maverick Times file photo.
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