MARTINEZ — Two homes here were raided after police learned of an alleged death threat by a 17-year-old boy whose younger brother had been suspended for fighting with the victim, court records show.
The November raids turned up no weapons, and on the first try, police went to the wrong house. It all started when two boys, aged 14 and 13, got into a fight at Martinez Junior High School, resulting in the 14-year-old being suspended.
After the suspension, police received a tip from the 14-year-old boy’s parent, alleging the 13-year-old boy’s older brother had sent a threatening Snapchat video to her son, and flashed a pistol in one of them. Police say they recovered text communications where the 17-year-old allegedly told the 14-year-old that if his brother got hurt again, “u gon (sic) be in the hospital.”
In a subsequent video, the 17-year-old allegedly flashed a pistol and said, “I’ll kill you,” according to authorities.
Police searched one home on Camino Del Sol, then learned the 17-year-old boy had recently moved, resulting in a second raid of a home on Robinson Street, records show. No guns were recovered in either search.