In a tragic turn of events, a 14-year-old boy has been charged with the murder of his 18-year-old cousin, Jesus E. Zamores, during what authorities allege was a botched drive-by shooting. Harris County officials report that the incident occurred on Monday morning in the 12000 block of Marsham Circle.
According to FOX 26 Houston, the teen was taken into custody and booked into the Harris County Juvenile Detention Center. The County Sheriff, Ed Gonzalez, stated the young suspect and the victim were together in a stolen car when they attempted to gun down another teenager at a bus stop. This fatal sequence abruptly ended when the vehicle, a black 4-door Hyundai Sonata, crashed into a nearby home, leaving Zamores dead from gunshot wounds.
The entire episode unfolded early morning, around 6:30 a.m., on the northwest side near the intersection of East Marsham Circle and Antoine Drive. A witness reported seeing someone flee the scene following the crash. KHOU revealed that surveillance footage captured the targeted teen escaping unharmed as shots rang out, and no bystanders at the bus stop were injured during the shooting.
Investigators believe that the drive-by shooting went awry when the cousins circled back to shoot their intended target again, at which point Zamores was accidentally shot. Details about a motive are still vague, though the mother of the initially targeted 16-year-old expressed that the children involved were once friends before an argument pulled them apart. The home was hit, but four people inside were unscathed in the harried incident.
A neighborhood was shaken, with one resident recounting her terror to KHOU, "her car was hit twice during the shooting." She was at home with her three kids, preparing for the school day when the gunshots prompted them to take cover. The investigation is ongoing, and the authorities have yet to release any additional findings.
