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January 4, 2019

Houston, TX: Police Seek Killer of 7-Year-Old African-American Girl
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In Texas, a manhunt is underway for the killer of Jazmine Barnes, a
7-year-old African-American girl gunned down while in a car with her
mother and three of her sisters. Jazmine's mother, La Porsha Washington,
was injured in Sunday's drive-by shooting near a Houston-area Walmart
store.

La Porsha Washington: "I didn't even see him. I didn't see the truck. I
didn't see anything but shattered glass and bullets coming toward my
car. … She did not deserve this at all. We was going to get
coffee-coffee-and my baby lost her life."

On Thursday, police released a sketch of the killer based on the
eyewitness accounts of Jazmine's mother and two of her older sisters.
He's described as a white man with blue eyes and a thin build in his
thirties or forties. Police also released a video showing a red truck
that was allegedly driven by the killer. The shooting has drawn
international attention, with family members concerned it was a hate
crime. The NFL star De Andre Hopkins of the Houston Texans said this
week he'll donate his $29,000 playoff bonus check to help pay for
funeral costs and to bring Jazmine's killer to justice.


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