13 would probably get tried as an adult.
Best part, at 18 he’ll go to big boy prison.
He should get the death penalty. The tax payers should *NOT* be sentenced to life in prison for an oxygen thief.
Texas has executed plenty for crimes committed at 17, so it’s possible.
That said, this is probably a second degree murder case, as it does not appear pre-meditated (reasonable minds can differ here, but I’m just stating the facts). Premeditation is lying-in-wait, hiring a hitman, being a hitman, poisoning, etc. Planning, in other words.