The Houston Sheriff’s Office has released a composite sketch of the man wanted in the killing of 7-year-old Jazmine Barnes.
In a press conference Thursday, Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzales said the suspect is described as a thin white man in his 30s or 40s, wearing a black hoodie, with pale skin and blue eyes. What police originally described as a beard “looks more like a 5-o’clock shadow,” he said.
The shooting occurred early Sunday east of Houston, while Barnes, who is black, was riding in a car with her mother and three siblings. As NPR’s Ian Stewart reported, police say the man in a reddish pickup truck pulled alongside their car and started shooting. Barnes died at the scene. Her mother, LaPorsha Washington, was shot in the arm, and Barnes’ 6-year-old sister was injured by shattered glass, NPR reported.
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