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Police in Houston have filed capital murder charges against a second man in connection with the drive-by shooting death of a seven-year-old girl. Police say Larry Woodruffe, 24, killed Jazmine Barnes after he fired into her mother's car on 30 December. He and Eric Black Jr, 20 - who authorities say acted as his getaway driver - have now been charged.... Both men charged are black but a photofit of a suspect released last week showed a white male believed to be in his 30s or 40s.

Larry D. Woodruffe, 24, was arrested on Saturday and initially booked into the county jail on a felony drug possession charge. That same day, Eric Black Jr., the first man arrested in the case, was taken into custody based on a tip the sheriff's department had received. Jazmine was shot and killed on Dec. 30 as she was riding in a car with her mother and sisters in the Houston area. Black, 20, who made a court appearance Monday, is also charged with capital murder. Prosecutors said in court documents that Black admitted to driving a car in which Woodruffe,...

DeAndre Hopkins, a star wide receiver with the Houston Texans, pledged to donate his playoff paycheck this week to the family of the late Jazmine Barnes, the 7-year-old who was killed in a drive-by shooting in Texas.....

It was revealed Sunday that a tip provided to activist Shaun King and Harris County, Texas, Sheriff Ed Gonzalez led to the arrest of a suspect in the murder of 7-year-old Jazmine Barnes. Barnes’s killer was initially described as a white male, leading to widespread allegations that she was the victim of a hate crime. But Gonzalez revealed Sunday that a black man has been arrested in the case. New questions are being raised though, after it was revealed that King and Gonzalez received the tip on Jan. 3. Both pushed the theory of a white suspect even after receiving...

""STUNNING UPDATE: Mother of Jazmine Barnes Lied to Police – Knew the Killers were Black Men, Killer Was Online Friend"" Texas authorities arrested and charged a man in the fatal shooting of 7-year-old girl Jazmine Barnes, whose death captured national attention and sparked a manhunt for the killer. STUNNING UPDATE: Mother of Jazmine Barnes Lied to Police – Knew the Killers were Black Men, Killer Was Online Friend Jim Hoft by Jim Hoft January 6, 2019 311 Comments 761Share 134Tweet Email Texas authorities arrested and charged a man in the fatal shooting of 7-year-old girl Jazmine Barnes, whose death captured...

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...

A man was arrested late Saturday in the shooting death of 7-year-old Jazmine Barnes, who was killed in a drive-by shooting while sitting in the backseat of her mother’s car in Houston last month, police said. Eric Black Jr., 20, was charged with capital murder following the deadly shooting on Dec. 30, Harris County Sheriff’s Office announced in a news release Sunday. Black, who investigators identified as a suspect based on a tip, reportedly admitted to “taking part in the shooting.” ... Moments after police announced Black’s arrest, Barnes’ family lawyer, Lee Merritt, wrote in an Instagram post that a...