More than 230,000 individuals are calling for 2 Texas brothers and their good friend to be launched from jail, Roomies. The three younger males have been arrested for allegedly beating their stepfather to demise after he was accused of sexually abusing their sister.

In response to the New York Submit, 18-year-old Alejandro Trevino and 17-year-old Christian Trevino grew to become “enraged” after discovering that their stepdad Gabriel Quintanilla, allegedly touched their sister inappropriately. Quintanilla already has an arrest warrant for sexually abusing one other youngster.

Authorities say the Trevino brothers confronted Quintanilla at his dwelling final week earlier than issues received bodily. Their good friend, Juan Melendez, reportedly joined in on the struggle. The three teenagers allegedly beat Quintanilla with brass knuckles.

Juan Melendez and Christian Trevino have been charged with capital homicide and aggravated assault, and Alejandro Trevino has been charged with aggravated assault and interesting in organized prison exercise.

“The three youngsters are at the moment in custody and have their bonds set at over 1 million {dollars} every,” the web petition reads. “If convicted of capital homicide, they face a minimal sentence of life imprisonment with out parole. We ask that the state of Texas launch these youngsters, who may probably spend the remainder of their life in jail for safeguarding their sister.”

The petition, created on Change.org, has garnered 246,000 signatures as of Friday morning.

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