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In reply to the discussion: 7-year-old girl killed after white man pulls alongside black family's car and opens fire [View all]pintobean
(18,101 posts)78. Reality
And, it doesn't appear to be the motive in this case.
The Harris County Sheriffs Office said early Sunday morning that a 20-year-old man had been charged with capital murder for the killing of Jazmine Barnes, the 7-year-old who was fatally shot inside a moving car near Houston last month when she and her family went out to get coffee.
Contrary to previous reports from the authorities that the gunman was a white man, the man who was arrested and charged Eric Black Jr. is black, a spokesman for the sheriffs office said Sunday. The sheriffs office also said that there could be other suspects. Investigators do not believe that Jazmine or her family were targeted, and that they were possibly shot as a result of mistaken identity, the sheriffs office said.
Contrary to previous reports from the authorities that the gunman was a white man, the man who was arrested and charged Eric Black Jr. is black, a spokesman for the sheriffs office said Sunday. The sheriffs office also said that there could be other suspects. Investigators do not believe that Jazmine or her family were targeted, and that they were possibly shot as a result of mistaken identity, the sheriffs office said.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/06/us/jazmine-barnes-arrest.html
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7-year-old girl killed after white man pulls alongside black family's car and opens fire [View all]
Soph0571
Dec 2018
OP
KKK rides again. Trump has open up the flood gates of hatred. The racists' awaited Messiah.
olegramps
Dec 2018
#18
I sure did jump the gun. It appears that it was type misguild revenge killing.
olegramps
Jan 2019
#94
Perhaps because his wife, daughters, MIL, BIL, and other publicly visible family members
tblue37
Dec 2018
#65
I hope they do and I hope he spends the rest of his miserable life in prison.
smirkymonkey
Dec 2018
#13
Yeah, I can already imagine his "there are two sides to this story" bullshit.
groundloop
Dec 2018
#21
Yep, not a Mexican or a Muslim... doesn't care, his supporters don't care either
ck4829
Dec 2018
#50
Yep, bout where this country is at ... the M$M will fight tooth and nail to keep this from being ...
uponit7771
Dec 2018
#39
HOW IS THIS NOT WALL-TO-WALL NONSTOP SATURATION COVERAGE??? RACIST DRIVE BY SHOOTER AT LARGE!?!!
yodermon
Dec 2018
#35
Yes, and I'm quite sure the cops were aware that description could not be right.
cwydro
Jan 2019
#88
what would happen if it was reported as a black on black crime? answer below:
uncle ray
Jan 2019
#93
Those cases couldn't possibly be any more different. Smith was covering her own crime
Maru Kitteh
Jan 2019
#105