Gutierrez, 43, was first and charged with failure to stop and render aid/accident involving death and filing a false police report.
"So, Mr. Gutierrez was on deferred adjudication for felon in possession of a weapon out of this court, and this new offense, failure to stop and render aid violates his adjudication,” Joe Wells, Gutierrez’s attorney, explained. Jones was on his mail route when Gutierrez hit his postal truck from behind, causing it to flip over, and then drove away, according to HPD. Jones was ejected and pinned under the truck. Witnesses rushed to help him but he later died at the hospital. They tried to stop the SUV and were able to get its license plate number.On Thursday, Gutierrez attorney said they'd be looking into whether their client knew someone was hurt when he left the scene.
According to court documents, Gutierrez also lied to police, initially telling officers that his vehicle had been stolen while shopping at a Walmart before Jones was killed.