That's reserved for serious crimes now. Welcome to the wacky world of "we can't arrest our way out of this problem" A man who Austin police say killed his cousin in 2014 in retaliation for his brother's drug-related death was sentenced to two years in prison. Steve Alvarado, 50, agreed to a negotiated plea of attempted murder -- a second-degree felony -- on Wednesday for shooting his longtime nemesis, Paul Charro, in the chest outside of Charro's home in East Austin.