Jovanni Sirio-Cardona shoots Lily Silva-Lopez to death after breaking into her Greeley, Denver, Colorado home after trying to break up with teen boyfriend.
The sorry state of domestic violence amongst teens. A 16-year-old Colorado boy killed his ex-girlfriend in front of her younger brother after she tried breaking up with him last month, police said Tuesday.
Jovanni Sirio-Cardona is alleged to have shot 15-year-old Lily Silva-Lopez to death on June 16th after breaking into her home in Greeley, a Denver suburb. The girl’s death followed the girl trying to break up with her killer despite the 16 year old insisting that ‘she loved him’.
Following the teen’s arrest, Sirio Cardona was charged with first degree murder among other charges with prosecutors announcing they would charge and try the the teen as an adult according to Weld County District Court Division 17.
Sirio Cardona faces first degree murder as an adult among other charges.
Prosecutors believe Sirio-Cardona followed through on a promise he made to take Lily’s life after she attempted to end their six-month relationship four weeks earlier.
Sirio-Cardona was allegedly caught on camera sprinting down the bike path that runs along Lily’s trailer park home at 3:45 p.m. June 16 — just five days before her birthday — before he forced himself through her bedroom window.
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, according to an arrest affidavit.
Sirio-Cardona allegedly fired multiple shots at his ex-girlfriend in the hallway of her home.
Lily’s brother told police he saw his sister on the ground and Sirio-Cardona — with a black gun with a green scope in hand — standing over her with blood dripping from his face.
Lily’s brother pleaded for his life as the accused teenage killer took away his iPhone so he couldn’t call for help, police stated.
Sirio-Cardona reportedly asked the young teenager to help move Lily’s body before dragging her back into her bedroom on his own.
The boy later ran to a neighbor’s home to call 911 after Sirio-Cardona had already fled the scene.
The 13-year-old identified Sirio-Cardona as the killer, police said.
According to records, when his grandma asked why police officers responded to Sirio-Cardona’s home, he told her ‘he did what he had to do and shot someone.’
Domestic violence plagued Sirio-Cardona and Lily’s six-month relationship, Lily’s mom told investigators.
Sirio-Cardona allegedly put a barrel of a gun into Lily’s mouth last month when she told him she wanted to break up, telling his alleged victim that ‘she wasn’t going to break up with him and she needed to tell him she loved him.’
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.
He was also spotted stalking her house just two days before he allegedly killed her.
According to Violence Free Colorado, individuals between the ages of 16 and 24 experience the highest rate of intimate partner violence, triple the national average.
rate of domestic violence for all of Colorado.
Lily would have celebrated her 16th birthday June 21, according to her obituary.
The teen had just completed her sophomore year and was working at fast food joint, Wing Shack.
