Two more men face charges in shooting death of 4-year-old Texasboy

Tramone Mykel Anderson, 25, was indicted Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2017, on a federal charge of being a felon with a gun as part of an investigation to try to help curb mounting violence in the East Side. Tramone Mykel Anderson, 25, was indicted Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2017, on a federal charge of being a felon with a gun as part of an investigation to try to help curb mounting violence in the East Side. Photo: Bexar County Jail Photo: Bexar County Jail Image 1 of / 29 Caption Close Two more men face charges in shooting death of 4-year-old Texasboy 1 / 29 Back to Gallery

Two more men have been charged in the July 19 shooting death of 4-year-old De-Earlvion Whitley at his home after officers reviewed surveillance video of a stash house in San Antonio.

Neither Tramone Mykel Anderson, 25, nor John Lee Chatman, 35, were charged with murder, however, but with one federal charge each of being a felon with a gun.

Their arrests, along with the third suspect, Charles Lee Bethany, came as part of operations federal agents have been conducting on the East Side to try to help curb mounting violence there.

After reviewing surveillance video seized during a raid connected to Bethany, agents with the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and the FBI identified Anderson and Chatman as among the men who left the stash house before the drive-by shooting on the Whitley home. They also identified Anderson as the driver of a sedan that arrived at the stash house after that shooting, and Chatman as a passenger.

Anderson was arrested on a criminal complaint Friday, while Chatman was indicted by a federal grand jury on Wednesday. Bethany, 36, was also indicted Wednesday on federal drug charges stemming from the feds’ investigation that has now overlapped the San Antonio Police Department’s investigation into the shooting death of the boy.

Bethany’s lawyer has denied Bethany’s involvement in the boy’s shooting.

Anderson’s court-appointed lawyer, Alan Futrell, suggested that federal prosecutors sometimes file so-called hold-over charges while law officers have a chance to investigate further.

Read more about the latest arrests in connection with the fatal shooting of De-Earlvion Whitley.