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Bernardo Aban TERCERO

 
 
 
 
 

 

 

 

 
 
 
Classification: Murderer
Characteristics: Robbery
Number of victims: 1
Date of murder: March 31, 1997
Date of birth: August 20, 1977
Victim profile: Robert Keith Berger, 38
Method of murder: Shooting
Location: Harris County, Texas, USA
Status: Sentenced to death on December 13, 2000
 
 
 
 
 
 
Name TDCJ Number Date of Birth
Bernardo Aban Tercero 999369 8/20/1977
Date Received Age (when Received) Education Level
12/13/2000 23 7
Date of Offense Age (at the Offense) County
3/31/1997 19 Harris
Race Gender Hair Color
Hispanic Male Black
Height Weight Eye Color
5 ft 8 in 168 Brown
Native County Native State Prior Occupation
Chinadega Nicaragua auto mechanic, laborer
Prior Prison Record
None
Summary of incident


On 3/31/1997, Tercero and one co-defendant entered the Park Avenue Cleaners and shot and killed an adult male in the presence of his 3 year old daughter. 

An unknown amount of cash was taken from the business and Tercero and his co-defendant fled the scene. 

Tercero further fled to Florida, while his co-defendant fled to Mexico.
 

Co-defendants
Jorge Becencil Gonzales
Race and Gender of Victim
unknown male
 
 
 
 
 
 

Suspect gives details of teacher's shooting

Amarillo Globe-News

October 15, 2000

HOUSTON (AP) - A 23-year-old suspected of fatally shooting a high school teacher during a 1997 robbery testified Friday that the gun went off as the teacher tried to grab the weapon.

Bernardo Aban Tercero, who was nabbed by Border Patrol agents last year near Weslaco, faces a capital murder charge in the March 31, 1997, shooting death of Robert Keith Berger.

Berger stepped into a Houston dry cleaning shop for a clothes order when he was shot. He took his toddler daughter in with him while his wife remained in the car. Both witnessed the shooting.

Tercero testified that Berger was the aggressor, walking slowly toward the robber, who held a pistol in his right hand pointed at the ceiling, according to the Houston Chronicle.

"With my left hand out, I said, "Stop!' and I took some steps back. That's when he took advantage of the movement and grabbed the gun with both his hands," Tercero testified under questioning by his defense attorney Gilbert Villarreal.

Tercero claimed Berger struggled about two minutes with him.

"When our struggle started, he would push the gun to my head and I would move my head back and push the gun toward him. I believe it could have been me or him," Tercero told the jury.

But when the shot was fired, it was Berger who fell face forward onto the floor with a bullet to the left back side of his neck, said prosecutor Sally Ring.

Berger, 38, had taught junior and senior English at Reagan High School for one year when he was killed. Previously, he had taught at the High School for Performing and Visual Arts.

Witnesses told police two men entered the shop by a rear entrance and demanded money from the clerk. One of the men walked over to Berger and said something, and the two began struggling, witnesses said.

If convicted, Tercero could face the death penalty. The jury is scheduled to return for closing arguments Monday.

 
 


Bernardo Aban Tercero

 

 

 
 
 
 
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