Overview

• The plea hearing follows more than three years since prosecutors detailed the November 2021 altercation at the couple’s Northwest Side home.
• Officials say Villasenor pulled a handgun during an argument and threatened suicide, prompting her husband to grab for the weapon before it discharged.
• German Villasenor, 44, was struck in the chest; prosecutors said the bullet pierced his heart, exited his back, and lodged in a wall before he was pronounced dead at Lutheran General Hospital.
• Their 16-year-old son heard the shot, called 911, and found his father unresponsive while his mother performed CPR.
• Judge Susana Ortiz granted Villasenor bond at $50,000 with orders barring alcohol and mandating surrender of her firearm license and ammunition.