SAN ANTONIO – Cody Gann, 18, the suspect charged in the Thanksgiving Day drive-by shooting that killed 10-year-old Delilah Hernandez, was back in custody Monday.
A judge late Monday morning increased Gann's bond to $1.8 million on a combination of charges, including two counts of unauthorized use of a vehicle, aggravated robbery and murder.
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Gann was released from custody Friday on a $250,000 bond, which angered San Antonio Police Chief William McManus.
"You've got an individual who's charged with shooting a 10-year-old — killing a 10-year-old. Two years younger, and it would have been a capital murder. And less than — from 10 o'clock the night before 'til 1 o'clock or so the next day — and he's getting out of jail? People would be very, very angry to know that," McManus said.
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Bexar County District Attorney Nico LaHood plans to hold a news conference Monday at 2:30 p.m. to discuss why Gann was released on bond Friday.
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Thanksgiving Day slaying
Delilah Hernandez was sleeping in her bedroom Thanksgiving morning when her home in the 200 block of Harwood was blasted with gunfire.
At least one of the shots hit the girl in the chest, killing her.
Gann and Jasmine Cary, 19, were arrested Thanksgiving night at a Northwest Side motel, police said. Cary was arrested on an outstanding warrant and a charge of evading arrest.
McManus said at the time that the pair had been having an ongoing dispute with the victim's older brother.
According to the affidavit, the pair believed Hernandez's older brother was responsible for prior drive-by shootings at each of their homes. Hernandez's brother is a documented member of the Bloods gang, police investigators said.
The affidavit said that a neighbor's surveillance cameras captured images of a vehicle leaving the shooting scene on Harwood, and police linked it to Gann.
‘There was blood everywhere’
Jaqueline Vega, Delilah’s mother, was in tears as she recounted the moments she lost her only daughter.
“I heard gunshots,” she said. “I ran to the living room, threw my little boy on the floor, covered them. I didn’t think it would reach all the way to the back room. That’s where my daughter was.”
When the gunshots finally stopped, Vega said she ran to the room where her daughter lay asleep and found her shot.
“There was blood everywhere,” Vega said.
Paramedics rushed Delilah to a hospital, but she did not survive.
Gann's previous arrests
A search of court records shows Gann was already out on bonds totaling $99,000 for six different charges, including aggravated robbery and unauthorized use of a vehicle.
All of those offenses were reported to have happened within the past nine months.