Posted on 01/06/2019 7:27:13 AM PST by Bon mots
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- A man is charged with capital murder in the deadly shooting of 7-year-old Jazmine Barnes, and a second suspect has been taken into custody.
Investigators say a tip led to the arrest of Eric Black Jr., 20.
An investigation revealed evidence that corroborated the tip, authorities say, and Black was taken into custody in east Harris County without incident.
Black reportedly admitted to taking part in the shooting.
Sources tell ABC13 Larry Woodruffe, 24, has been arrested as a second suspect in the case. Those sources say Woodruffe is believed to be the shooter.
Jazmine's mother was driving Jazmine and her three sisters southbound on the East Sam Houston Parkway feeder road near Wallisville Road at approximately 6:50 a.m. on Sunday when they were fired upon by someone in another vehicle.
At this time, investigators do not believe Jazmine's family was the intended target of the shooting, and that they were possibly shot as a result of mistaken identity.
"I am grateful to our dedicated investigators, the partner law enforcement agencies that provided vital assistance, and tipsters from across the nation who pulled together to support our work to get justice for Jazmine," Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said. "Our work is not finished, but I believe the people of Harris County can take comfort in knowing we have made great progress." LaPorsha Washington, Jazmine's mother, was injured during the shooting.
When the shooting was over, one of her other daughters made the devastating discovery. "She said, 'Momma, Jazmine's not moving. She's not talking.' I turned around and my 7-year-old was shot in the head," Washington said.
The story has captured the attention of community members, celebrities and activists around the world.
It was all over the media because a blonde white guy shot a little black girl... now, we find out it was a black punk, so expect this story to disappear.
And shame on us if it does. There should be marches demanding an apology from Shelia Jackson-Lee and Shaun King and every other race hustling scumbag associated with this. Remember the outcry after Susan Smith and Charles Stuart? It was day after day of coverage in the MSM about falsely accused Black men. Guessing we won’t be seeing a CNN town hall about this case.
The mainstream media was breathless in their reporting on this story until the narrative changed. Not a peep about it since then.
The police drawing looks nothing like the suspect. Mom and daughter’s stories don’t add up.
It was a Fake Hate Crime, like dozens of others that were reported and debunked in 2018.
Local News Article Quotes:
Fifteen-year-old Alxis Dilbert, Washington's oldest daughter, was sitting in the front passenger seat when she noticed a red truck pull up beside their vehicle. She described the driver as a blue-eyed white man wearing a black hoodie and looking sickly.
The family, who is black, didn't give the truck a second thought until it changed lanes, moving around from behind to the driver's side of Washington's vehicle and the driver opened fired. Washington was hit by gunfire in her arm. Jazmine was shot in the head and died at the scene.
"I didn't see anything but shattered glass and bullets coming toward my car," Washington said...
...community activists believe was racially motivated.
Washington said her 13-year-old daughter, Ebonee Dilbert, who sat behind Alxis in the back seat, then noticed the truck go behind their car, change lanes and pull next to them on the driver's side.
Washington said she can't remember how many shots were fired but "he emptied out his gun. I know that for a fact."
Washington said no words were ever exchanged between her and the driver and she doesn't believe this was a case of mistaken identity.
"We didn't do anything wrong to this man," Washington said. "This is something that I believe was a hate crime."
Yesterday Sheila Jackson Lee said, “Don’t be afraid to call this what it is, a hate crime”.
Wrong again you stupid racist bitch.
Of course it was. Thank God that no White man driving a red pickup got the Reginald Denny treatment.
Young black men: 3 pct of the population. 55 pct of the violent crime.
Lol. Too late, there already is one.
It was all about racism being at the root of the crime. LOL
I’m starting to wonder if this might have been a case of road rage.
Not only was the shooter BLACK. He was named BLACK.
The rush to blame the crime on racism may have hindered the investigation.
Criminally bad optics. Possibly ok in California but she looks like she needs dirt thrown on her. I aint waiting for the commercial to hear her speak.
Whoa!That destroys the racial hatred narrative
There's already a GFM account with $77,000 in it.
Of course, that money was raised when everyone was looking for a white guy (who probably voted for Trump).
Justice for My daughter Jazmine
There's calls over at the site that the money be held in trust and the mom not get a penny of it.
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