HPD Chief Acevedo Credits Good Police Work To Snapchat Shooter Arrests

HOUSTON, TX — The second suspect behind the Snapchat shooting video has turned himself into Houston Police on Tuesday.

Michael Cuellar, 29, turned himself in at Houston Police headquarters in downtown, a day after his accomplice, 27-year old Sierra Tarbutton was arrested by Harris County Sheriff’s Deputies.

Cuellar is being held in the Harris County Jail with a bond of $200,000 and is charged with deadly conduct, which s a felony, while Tarbutton who is also charged with deadly conduct, is being held withouth bond.

The pair, who are facing felony charges for deadly conduct after they videotaped themselves firing automatic weapons from a moving car at homes in west Houston. (Want to get daily news updates and news of other events going on in your area? Sign up for the free Houston Patch morning newsletter.)

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The images were videotaped via the social media app, Snapchat, and posted online.

When the video surfaced on Sept. 26, police initially denied they were looking into the matter, but within hours, they were actively working the case.

"Some people thought we were not going to take this seriously and do something about it," Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo said during a newsw conference on Tuesday.

The video was geotagged by investigators after they were alerted to the video and began actively investigating last week.

Acevedo said the Houston Police Department reached out to the Harris County Sheriff's Office who helped capture Tarbutton on Monday.

"We want the people in this community know that we take dangerous conduct, reckless conduct, deadly conduct seriously,' Acevedo said. "When you are foolish enough to put it on social media, I assure you our police department...our public safety partners are constantly monitoring social media looking for these fools...[sic]who think it's funny to engage in this kind of conduct and who are dumb enough to put it on social media..."

Cuellar’s attorney, Paul Looney, told KPRC that his client was a hardworking man accused of a “media-created crime,” that would have a non media-created result.

"I don't think he would have been arrested without the video," Looney told KPRC. "To that extent, it hurts us, but it absolutely helps enormously to prove that it's not a felony."

Images: HPD

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