Texas teenager, 17, is charged with murder for shooting his 15-year-old girlfriend TWENTY TWO times in the back after she confronted him about cheating is freed on bail

A Texas teenager has been freed on bail after the murder of his 15-year-old girlfriend, who he is accused of shooting 22 times.

Frank Deleon Jr, 17, was arrested on Monday after being charged with killing Diamond Alvarez. 

Alvarez was killed on January 11 a couple of blocks from her southwest Houston home, near a field that was used as a neighborhood park. 

She had gone to meet Deleon around 9.30pm to confront him for dating her while he was in a long-term relationship with another girl. 

Deleon shot her 22 times in the back, according to the Houston Police Department. 

On Wednesday morning, the accused killer was freed after posting $250,000 bond.

Frank Deleon Jr. of Houston, 17 (pictured left) was freed on a $250,000 bond on Wednesday, having been charged with the murder of his ex-girlfriend Diamond Alvarez (right), who was shot 22 times in the back on January 11

Alvarez's family was dismayed at his release.

'He doesn't deserve a bond. I don't think so,' said Anna Machado, Alvarez's mother. 

'I don't think that's right. I don't care if he had no priors. I don't care. 

'Whatever he did, the way he executed my daughter, and he's walking the streets like nothing and mocking people. What kind of animal is that?

'He doesn't even deserve a high bond. He executed my daughter.' 

Houston police secures crime scene where Diamond Alvarez was murdered on January 11

Alvarez's mother, Anna Machado (pictured) tried to revive her dying daughter with CPR after she and her family found her riddled with gunshot wounds. She was dismayed that Deleon was released on bail: 'He doesn't even deserve a high bond. He executed my daughter'

Deleon was arrested on Monday, and appeared in court on Tuesday.  

Prosecutors said Deleon was 'attempting to pack his bags to flee the jurisdiction' and had a suitcase and clothes on his bed when he was apprehended by police. 

Machado said that Deleon was her daughter's ex-boyfriend and he had texted to ask her to meet him at the field shortly before she was killed.

The two had been going out for less than a year and Machado said she never saw any red flags to warn her that her daughter was in danger, but that 'they were off and on.'

'My daughter was always crying about him,' Machado said.  

Deleon lived less than a half-mile from Alvarez, according to the Houston Chronicle.    

On the night of the teen's death, Alvarez's family told Houston NBC affiliate KPCR that they became concerned when they heard multiple gunshots while the girl was out walking their dog, Peanut.  

Moments later they heard scratching at the door and found the animal, with his leash and harness covered in blood, had run back to the home. 

'When they saw Peanut by himself, they knew something was wrong,' said Ashley Machado, the victim's older sister. 

They quickly ran to find her.

Alvarez's mother said her youngest son found Alvarez in a field, by the side of a road on 15400 Park Manor near Markwood Lane. 

She was still alive, and her mother desperately tried CPR, but she died at the scene.

'My son found her. I tried CPR, and I couldn't bring her back. I tried so hard to keep her alive. I couldn't,' Machado told local Fox affiliate KRIV-TV. 

Paramedics declared her dead at the scene. 

A makeshift memorial sits near the side of a street in Houston, next to a large grassy area where Diamond Alvarez was fatally shot

Alvarez was described as a straight-A student, who played volleyball and basketball, and was looking forward to a career as a beautician

Alvarez's step-father, Tito Moczygenba, said that whoever 'shot this girl in the back 22 times [is a] coward'

Diamond Alvarez (fourth from left to right) with her family members on New Year's Eve

Alvarez's stepfather, Tito Moczygenba, said that whoever 'shot this girl in the back 22 times [is a] coward.' 

The Houston Police Department said neighborhood residents claimed to have heard multiple shots and that a dark-colored car reportedly sped off from the site of the attack, traveling north on Markwood Lane.

Alvarez was described as a straight-A student, who played volleyball and basketball, and was looking forward to a career in cosmetology. 

A makeshift memorial with candles, stuffed animals and balloons has been set up at the spot where Alvarez was found.  

Machado said she is relieved an arrest has been made. 

'I went up over there (to the memorial) again, crying and said: 'Baby you have justice. It's not done yet. It's not over yet. But at least we know a name,'' she said.