7-Year-Old Killed in Senseless Shooting Attack on Black Family

Police have begun a manhunt for the gunman responsible for shooting and killing 7-year-old Jazmine Barnes in an apparently unprovoked attack on a black family. Suggested Reading The Best, Black TV Shows, Movies to Stream on AppleTV+ Why NYC Mayoral Candidate Zohran Mamdani Tried To Play The Black Card…Literally Have You Heard of The Tragic…

Police have begun a manhunt for the gunman responsible for shooting and killing 7-year-old Jazmine Barnes in an apparently unprovoked attack on a black family.

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According to KTRK, the family was exiting a Houston Walmart parking lot in a car driven by Barnesโ€™ mother, LaPorsha Washington, 30, when a suspect pulled up beside them in a red pickup truck and opened fire on their vehicle. Jazmine was fatally shot and Washington was also wounded. โ€œThree teenage girls, said to have been family members, were also in the carโ€ฆbut survived the attack,โ€ KTRK writes.

While the suspectโ€™s motive hasnโ€™t been clearly established by police, the racial dynamics at play and the recent uptick of white supremacist violence make the circumstances of the shooting deeply unsettling. A mother and her family doing some shopping only to be viciously gunned down, and a childโ€™s life takenโ€”horrific doesnโ€™t even begin to do it justice.

From KTRK:

The suspect is described as a white male in his 40s with a beardโ€ฆNo information was available on a license plate, or make and model of the truck.

โ€œSomeone who does something like that will eventually talk about it, and we need anyone with information to come forward,โ€ said HCSO Major Jesse Razo. โ€œI urge whoever did this, turn yourself in, because we will find you.โ€

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