A Texas teenager has been freed on bail after the murder of his 15-year-old girlfriend, who he is accused of shooting 22 times.
Frank Deleon Jr, 17, was arrested on Monday after being charged with killing Diamond Alvarez.
Alvarez was killed on January 11 a couple of blocks from her southwest Houston home, near a field that was used as a neighborhood park.
She had gone to meet Deleon around 9.30pm to confront him for dating her while he was in a long-term relationship with another girl.
Deleon shot her 22 times in the back, according to the Houston Police Department.
On Wednesday morning, the accused killer was freed after posting $250,000 bond.
Frank Deleon Jr. of Houston, 17 (pictured left) was freed on a $250,000 bond on Wednesday, having been charged with the murder of his ex-girlfriend Diamond Alvarez (right), who was shot 22 times in the back on January 11
Alvarez's family was dismayed at his release.
'He doesn't deserve a bond. I don't think so,' said Anna Machado, Alvarez's mother.
'I don't think that's right. I don't care if he had no priors. I don't care.
'Whatever he did, the way he executed my daughter, and he's walking the streets like nothing and mocking people. What kind of animal is that?
'He doesn't even deserve a high bond. He executed my daughter.'
Houston police secures crime scene where Diamond Alvarez was murdered on January 11
Alvarez's mother, Anna Machado (pictured) tried to revive her dying daughter with CPR after she and her family found her riddled with gunshot wounds. She was dismayed that Deleon was released on bail: 'He doesn't even deserve a high bond. He executed my daughter'
Deleon was arrested on Monday, and appeared in court on Tuesday.
Prosecutors said Deleon was 'attempting to pack his bags to flee the jurisdiction' and had a suitcase and clothes on his bed when he was apprehended by police.
Machado said that Deleon was her daughter's ex-boyfriend and he had texted to ask her to meet him at the field shortly before she was killed.
