GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) – The trial for the murder of a teenager killed during a drug deal was postponed Tuesday from Jan. 11 to May 3.
Federico Abarca, 18, was shot and killed during a drug deal for marijuana vaping cartridges on Feb. 22, 2019. Colton Kehoe, Jared Williquette, Jarid Stevens and Gavin Rock were charged with being party to first-degree intentional homicide.
Williquette, 23, is the one who allegedly shot Abarca. He recently changed attorneys. His previous attorney maintained the shooting was self-defense. Williquette is also charged with conspiracy to commit armed robbery, as well as misdemeanor counts of obstruction and bail jumping. He told police he used a 9mm Smith & Wesson in the shooting, according to the complaint.
Williquette’s trial is scheduled to last three days, court records show.
Green Bay police said Rock set up a drug deal with Abarca on Snapchat. The four went to Abarca’s apartment planning to steal five vaping cartridges that contained THC, the active ingredient in marijuana. A dispute occurred, and Abarca was killed.
Kehoe was sentenced to 18 years in prison. Stevens and Rock enter pleas Feb. 24.
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