Details of Austin drive-by shooting murder indictments
(ABC 6 News) – Two men were indicted on 1st-degree murder charges after a deadly shooting that happened in 2023 in Austin.
Court documents show 19-year-old Jenup Chop and 29-year-old Cham Oman were originally charged with aiding and abetting 2nd-degree murder after the fatal drive-by shooting of Gumdel Nygare Gilo
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On Tuesday, May 14, a grand jury upgraded Chop’s charges. He now faces a charge of 1st-degree murder, a charge of 2nd-degree murder, two charges of attempted 1st-degree murder, and a charge of felony drive-by shooting toward a person.
If convicted, the minimum sentence for a 1st-degree murder charge is life in prison.
Oman, however, is facing one charge of aiding and abetting 1st-degree murder, one charge of aiding and abetting 2nd-degree murder, two charges of aiding and abetting attempted 1st-degree murder, and one charge of aiding and abetting drive-by shooting toward a person.
A third defendant, Manamany Omot Abella, pleaded guilty to felony aiding an offender–accomplice after the fact Monday, April 29.
Abella is scheduled to be sentenced Aug. 2, after the jury trials for his co-defendants Cham Oman and Jenup Chop.
The two remaining defendants are scheduled to appear for a joint pretrial hearing June 28, followed by a joint jury trial July 8-19.