Mom has emotional outburst in Las Cruces courtroom over
las cruces courtroom. christopher silva, the man accused of taking part in a deadly shooting in las cruces — is no longer behind bars. and he may only have to serve a year in jail as punishment: our new mexico mobile newsroom crew was there as… … the victims’ mom reacted: “i wish i would take your life, too, why would you take my son!!!..you took my son! ..you know what you’ve done to my life!!! authorities say christopher silva served as a lookout for joshua jones. the two were allegedly trying to break into a home to steal marijuana. silva faced up to seven years in prison. he pleaded “no contest” to a conspiracy charge, and now he’s only facing a year in prison. he’s currently out on bond. after silva’s hearing today — molina’s sister spoke out about the plea deal. she says even though silva didn’t fire the gun back in february… in her eyes, he’s just as reponsible for her brother’s death: joshua jones is the alleged trigger man. police say two brothers –fernando and antonio molina junior– tried to stop the burglary and chased them. antonio — a father of five– was killed. fernando was wounded and is in hospice care. a