Not in this case. He's only 17.
Can be eligible for parole after at least 40 years.
There is no Life without Parole in Texas for juveniles.
List of Texas Executions for people who the crime was committed at 17.
Currently, according to the USSC, he can indeed be tried as an adult and executed.
Acuna, Robert Aaron: Latin male; age 17 at crime; robberies and murders of adult white (?) male age 75 and white (?) female age 74 in Baytown (Harris County) on 11-11-2003; sentenced on 8-11-2004
Alvarado, Steven Brian: Latin male; age 17 at crime (DOB: 8-11-1974); robberies and murders of adult Latin male and adult Latin female in El Paso on 9-22-1991; sentenced on 10-5-1993.
Arroyo, Randy: Latin male; age 17 at crime (DOB: 10-31-1979); kidnapping and murder of Latin male age 39 on 3-11-1997 in San Antonio; sentenced on 3-6-1998.
Arthur, Mark Sam: White male; age 17 at crime (DOB: 8-1-1979); murder of Latin male age 41 in Harris County on 12-21-1996; sentenced on 12-17-1997.
Barraza, Mauro Morris: Latin male; age 17 at crime (DOB: 5-5-1972); robbery and murder of white female age 73 in Haltom City (Tarrant County) on 6-14-1989; sentenced on 4-8-1991.
Bernal, Johnnie: Latin male; age 17 at crime (DOB: 8-20-1976); murder of white (?) male age 19 in Houston on 8-19-1994; sentenced on 5-8-1995.
Capetillo, Edward Brian: Latin male; age 17 at crime (DOB: 5-13-1977); murders of white male age 19 and white female age 20 in Harris County on 1-16-1995; sentenced on 2-6-1996.
Cobb, Raymond Levi: White male; age 17 at crime (DOB: 6-18-1976); murders of white female age 23 and white female age 16 months in Huntsville on 12-27-1993; sentenced on 2-27-1997; reversed in 2000; resentenced to death in 2001.
Dewberry, John Curtis: White male; age 17 at crime (DOB: 1-30-1977); murder of white male age 57 in Beaumont (Jefferson County) on 12-25-1994; sentenced on 11-21-1996.
Dickens, Justin Wiley: White male; age 17 at crime (DOB: 7-28-1976); murder of white male age 50 in Randall County on 3-12-1994; sentenced on 5-17-1995.
Dixon, Anthony Tyrone: Black male; age 17 at crime (DOB: 11-7-1976); robbery and murder of white female age 34 in Houston (Harris County) on 5-15-1994; sentenced on 2-8-1995.
Guillen, Derek Jermaine: Black male; age 17 at crime (DOB: 10-20-1980); robbery, rape and murder of white female age 52 in Tempe on 3-26-1998; sentenced on 6-1-1999.
Horn, Patrick: Black male; age 17 at crime; kidnapping and murder of male age 8 in Tyler on 10-13-1991; sentenced on 10-4-1999 [currently serving life sentence in federal prison in Atlanta, GA.].
Johnson, Eddie C.: Black male; age 17 at crime (DOB: 11-26-1978); robbery and murder of white male age 42 in Fort Worth on 3-6-1996; sentenced on 7-31-1997.
Jones, Anzel Keon: Black male; age 17 at crime (DOB: 2-4-1978); murder of white female age 49 in Grayson County on 5-2-1995; sentenced on 6-4-1996.
Little, Leo Gordon: White male; age 17 at crime (DOB: 7-14-1980); kidnapping, robbery and murder of Latin male age 22 in San Antonio on 1-22-1998; sentenced on 3-5-1999.
Lopez, Michael Anthony, Jr.: Latin male; age 17 at crime (DOB: 4-28-1981); murder of male age 25 (deputy constable) in Harris County on 9-29-1998; sentenced on 5-25-1999.
Monterrubio, Jose Ignacio: Latin male; age 17 at crime (DOB: 8-26-1976); rape and murder of Latin female age 16 in Brownsville (Cameron County) on 9-5-1993; sentenced on 8-25-1994.
Perez, Efrian: Latin male; age 17 at crime (DOB: 11-19-1975); rape and murder of white female age 14 and white female age 16 in Houston (Harris County) on 6-24-1993; sentenced on 9-22-1994. [Co-defendant of Raul Villareal]
Reeves, Whitney: White male; age 17 at crime (DOB: 8-21-1981); murders of white female age 14 and white male age 40 in Beaumont on 8-20-1999; sentenced on 9-8-2000.
Salinas, Jorge Alfredo: Latin male; age 17 at crime (DOB: 4-1-1984); robbery and murder of Latin male age 20 and Latin female age 21 months in Mission (Hidalgo County) on 7-28-2001; sentenced on 8-29-2002.
Solomon, Christopher Julian: Black male; age 17 at crime (DOB: 1-30-1980); robbery and murder of white male adult in Texarcana on 9-19-1997; sentenced on 6-4-1999.
Soriano, Oswaldo Regalado: Latin male; age 17 at crime (DOB: 6-26-1975); robbery and murder of white male age 59 in Amarillo on 11-17-1992; sentenced on 5-4-1994.
Springsteen, Robert Burns, IV: White male; age 17 at crime (DOB: 11-26-1974); robbery and murder of white female age 13 in Austin on 12-6-1991; sentenced on 6-1-2001.
Tran, Son Vu Khai: Asian-American male; age 17 at crime (DOB: 5-11-1980); murder of Latin male adult and Asian-American male age 20 in Houston on 10-25-1997; sentenced on 12-18-2000.
Villareal, Raul Omar: Latin male; age 17 at crime (DOB: 9-25-1975); rape and murder of white female age 14 and white female age 16 in Houston (Harris County) on 6-24-1993; sentenced on 9-22-1994. [Co-defendant of Efrian Perez]
Williams, Bruce Lee: Black male; age 17 at crime (DOB: 12-16-1981); car-jacking, rape and murder of Asian-American female age 24 in Dallas on 2-3-1999; sentenced on 12-10-1999.
Williams, Nanon McKewn: Black male; age 17 at crime (DOB: 8-2-1974); murder of white male age 19 in Harris County on 5-14-1992; sentenced on 9-22-1995.
Wilson, Geno Capoletti: Black male; age 17 at crime (DOB: 5-24-1981); robbery and murder of male age 19 in Houston on 12-2-1998; sentenced on 12-10-1999.
Wait. If he’s 17’ it’s illegal for him to have either in his possession.