Gaurav Chopra, the 19-year-old Texas man charged with the triple murders of his parents and grandmother at their family home in Alton earlier this year, may not face the death penalty as reports said state prosecutors are unlikely to seek the death penalty against him. The Hidalgo County District Attorney’s Office confirmed the decision on November 10, but they did not explain why they are against capital punishment for Chopra.The charges stem from the June 16 incident in which Chopra allegedly shot and killed his father, 56-year-old Sweeta Ram, his mother, 46-year-old Kamlesh Rani, and his grandmother, 73-year-old Minder Kaur.Chopra pleaded not guilty to the charges.According to previous reports, Alton police officers responded to a home in the 3700 block of Roosevelt Avenue after receiving a 911 call from a man who reported that his brother, identified as Chopra, had shot their family members and fled the scene.Authorities said Chopra also fired at his brother but missed.He was arrested after a police pursuit ended in a crash near the intersection of 4 Mile Line and Glasscock roads. Two people travelling in the vehicle he struck were hospitalised following the collision.Sweeta Ram was alive when officers arrived. He was taken to a local hospital where he died.During a July 6 hearing, a crime scene specialist with the Hidalgo County Sheriff’s Office testified that investigators recovered $12,666 in cash and a weapon from the vehicle Chopra was driving. According to Hidalgo County jail records, Chopra remained in custody. He was being held without bond on the capital murder charge, while bond for the attempted capital murder and evading arrest charges was set at $500,000.Authorities have not disclosed a possible motive for the killings.“UTRGV is aware that a suspect in an off-campus criminal investigation has been identified as a current student. The university is cooperating with law enforcement as appropriate. Because this is an active criminal investigation, questions about the case should be directed to the investigating agency,” the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley issued a statement to ValleyCentral when the bone-chilling triple murders were reported and Chopra was revealed to be a student of the university.