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<\/div>\nThe 15-year-old had just completed her sophomore year<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
A 16-year-old boy from Colorado killed his ex-girlfriend in front of her little brother after she tried to break up with him, police said.<\/p>\n
According to Weld County District Court Division<\/em><\/a> 17, Jovanni Sirio-Cardona has been charged as an adult in connection with the death of the 15-year-old Lily Silva-Lopez.<\/p>\n As per reports, on June 16 at 3.45 pm, the accused was caught on camera bolting down the bike path that trails along Lily’s trailer park home in Greeley, a suburb of Denver. The incident took place just five days before her birthday before he forced himself through her bedroom window.<\/p>\n According to an arrest affidavit obtained by Denver 7, Lily yelled for her 13-year-old brother, who was watching TV in another room, to run for his life seconds before shots rang out, the boy told police.<\/p>\n The accused allegedly fired multiple shots at the 15-year-old in the hallway of her home.<\/p>\n Lily’s brother told police that he saw his sister on the floor and the accused with a black gun and green scoop in hand. The boy further described the murder scene by mentioning that Sirio-Cardona was standing over his sister’s dead body with blood trickling from the bridge of his nose.<\/p>\n Police said that Lily’s brother pleaded desperately for his life; the accused killer took away his iPhone to ensure the boy was unable to seek help.<\/p>\n Police found her body in the bedroom with several gunshot wounds where she died.<\/p>\n Court documents show the 15-year-old had been in a relationship with the 16-year-old for about six months. Things took a turn when she tried ending the relationship just four weeks before the shooting, CBS <\/em><\/a>reported.<\/p>\n Six days before her murder, police were called to Lily’s home after she reported that Silva-Lopez punched her in the face and hurt her arms, New York Post<\/em><\/a> reported.<\/p>\n The accused was also spotted stalking her house just two days before her murder.<\/p>\n The 15-year-old had just completed her sophomore year and was working at Wing Shack.<\/p>\n Jovanni Sirio-Cardona has been charged with Murder in the First Degree-After Deliberation, a class 1 felony, Murder in the Second Degree-Felony Murder, a class 2 felony, First Degree Burglary, a class three felony, Aggravated Robbery, a class 3 felony, and Possession of a Handgun by a Juvenile, a class 2 misdemeanour. Those charges have been directly filed into Weld County District Court Division 17.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n