A Harris County jury will determine whether a Houston father will be charged in the fatal shooting of a 17 year old he believed to be an intruder in his daughter’s bedroom.
Investigators said that the 55-year-old father was alerted to noises coming from the bedroom of his 16-year-old girl around 2:20 a.m. When he entered the room, he discovered the 17 year old and an altercation ensued. Investigators say the man called 911 before the shooting. He shot the boy because he believed the teen was reaching for something. Only after the boy’s death, did the daughter acknowledge that she knew the young man identified as Johran McCormick.
“I really wish that he would have had a second thought,” says the boy’s mother Zakia McCormick of the shooter. “He didn’t deserve to die like that.”
The suspect was taken from the scene and treated at a hospital after suffering from a heart attack. He was not arrested or charged with the murder of the boy.
Few details were released about the family that had just moved into a modest, single-story brick home. Neighbors told investigators the family had just rented the three-bedroom house a month prior to the incident.
A news release from the Harris County Sheriff’s Office said officers are preparing a case that will be presented to the grand jury. The jury will determine what charges, if any, will be filed against the shooter.