HOUSTON – When Óscar Rosales allegedly murdered Officer Charles Galloway with an assault rifle during a traffic stop early Sunday morning, That was perhaps the second time that the Salvadoran had killed, authorities revealed Thursday in Houston.
The Harris County District Attorney’s Office announced that it will seek the death penalty for Rosales, the man accused of shooting Galloway, an officer from the 5th Precinct in Harris County. last weekend.
The announcement was made by prosecutor Kim Ogg at a press conference.
The prosecutor reported that Rosales complies with all the aggravating circumstances that warrant the death penalty.
According to reports, Ogg said, Rosales was wanted for a homicide in El Salvador in the year 1995.
In 1995, under another name (Mauricio Aguilar) he was arrested for aggravated assault with a knife.
The prosecution said that the possible affiliation of Rosales is being investigated to gangs and drug cartels.
Rosales, is being held in the Harris County Jail without bail.
This Thursday it was learned that Rosales’s partner and his brother-in-law were taken into custody by the immigration authorities, after being detained on charges of tampering with evidence.
Rosales was quickly transferred from the Del Río area to Houston in an authorities plane, where he was notified of the charges against him.
The magistrate determined that he will not be entitled to bail.
During a passage in the hearing, Rosales told the magistrate that “all the officers are against me. If they want to kill me here, they can, I don’t care.”
His defense attorney asked at the same time that he keep quiet, because his statements could be used against him in court.
Rosales faces charges of aggravated homicide after indiscriminately shooting officer Charles Galloway last Sunday morning on Beechnut Street, southwest of the city, according to the 8 authorities.
The accused fled and was found after an operation by federal agencies , state and local authorities in cooperation with Mexican authorities.
On Tuesday details of the attack that cost the life of the Police District 5 officer and who had ordered the stop of the vehicle in which Rosales was traveling had been known after -allegedly- committing a traffic violation.
The events and the attack were recorded on the body camera of officer Galloway and on the police patrol.