HOUSTON - Opening statements are expected to begin Wednesday in the trial of Tony Earls Jr.

Earls is charged with manslaughter in the shooting death of 9-year-old Arlene Alvarez in Houston in 2022.

FOX 26 will livestream the trial in the live player above, on Youtube and on the FREE FOX LOCAL app for your smart TV and phone . The trial is expected to resume at 9 a.m.

Deadly 2022 shooting

The backstory:

Arlene Alvarez, 9, was fatally shot in her family’s pickup truck on the night of Feb. 14, 2022.

Police say the man who shot the girl, Earls, fired at the innocent family’s vehicle incorrectly believing it belonged to a suspect who had just robbed him at an ATM.

According to police, Earls and his wife were in their vehicle at an ATM in the 2900 block of Woodridge when a still-

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