06-06-2016, 10:57 PM
Houston 11-Year-Old Stabbed to Death / Arrest Made
This is so very sad.
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^ Josue Flores was stabbed multiple times last month while walking home from a 6th grade science club party. RIP.
![[Image: Jackson-Andre-Timothy-WEB.jpg]](http://www.panews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Jackson-Andre-Timothy-WEB.jpg)
^ Andre Timothy Jackson Jr., a homeless U.S. Marine Corps veteran, was arrested and charged on Friday. There is no indication that Jackson knew the boy.
Jackson, 27, is being held on $100,000 bond in the Harris County Jail. (I don't know if Jackson has documented mental illness, PTSD, or if police have uncovered any reason or motive at this point -- investigation underway).
Authorities originally arrested another man in connection with the murder, but released him after his alibi checked out.
The city launched a manhunt for the killer, who fled the scene after repeatedly stabbing Josue on May 17.
“It was senseless, it was brutal, it was cold-blooded and someone needs to pay the price for it so justice can be rendered,” Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner said Saturday.
Jackson was discharged from the military in 2011. Since then, he has been arrested for misdemeanor offenses twice — for trespassing and for unlawfully carrying a weapon — and reached plea bargains for both.
HPD homicide Lt. John McGalin told the paper they tracked the suspect’s path from the murder scene by piecing together different video taken in the area. The footage showed him wearing a distinctive jacket, which they said they recovered when they took Jackson into custody at the Salvation Army where he was staying.
http://crimeblog.dallasnews.com/2016/06/...-boy.html/
This is so very sad.
^ Josue Flores was stabbed multiple times last month while walking home from a 6th grade science club party. RIP.
^ Andre Timothy Jackson Jr., a homeless U.S. Marine Corps veteran, was arrested and charged on Friday. There is no indication that Jackson knew the boy.
Jackson, 27, is being held on $100,000 bond in the Harris County Jail. (I don't know if Jackson has documented mental illness, PTSD, or if police have uncovered any reason or motive at this point -- investigation underway).
Authorities originally arrested another man in connection with the murder, but released him after his alibi checked out.
The city launched a manhunt for the killer, who fled the scene after repeatedly stabbing Josue on May 17.
“It was senseless, it was brutal, it was cold-blooded and someone needs to pay the price for it so justice can be rendered,” Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner said Saturday.
Jackson was discharged from the military in 2011. Since then, he has been arrested for misdemeanor offenses twice — for trespassing and for unlawfully carrying a weapon — and reached plea bargains for both.
HPD homicide Lt. John McGalin told the paper they tracked the suspect’s path from the murder scene by piecing together different video taken in the area. The footage showed him wearing a distinctive jacket, which they said they recovered when they took Jackson into custody at the Salvation Army where he was staying.
http://crimeblog.dallasnews.com/2016/06/...-boy.html/