Overview
- Proceedings start Wednesday morning in Harris County, with local outlets livestreaming the trial.
- Earls now faces a manslaughter charge after a July 2025 grand jury action replaced an earlier murder indictment.
- Prosecutors re-presented the case in 2024 after an FBI firearms expert’s analysis changed their assessment.
- Police say Earls fired at a pickup he mistook for an ATM robber’s getaway vehicle, killing Alvarez, and the robber remains unidentified.
- A special prosecutor says an expert concluded Earls saw the robber run past the truck, undercutting claims that the gunfire was justified.