Local Murders

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6 hours ago, AggiesAreWe said:

That particular young man has been released and cleared of all charges.

He signed a football scholarship to a D1 school. Hope this doesn't hurt him since he has been released.

 this all escalated after a "meetup and planned fight among BISD students". he needs to make smarter decisions or he won't have this scholarship for long, assuming he still has it. 

[AggiesAreWe]

2 hours ago, tvc184 said:

The article that I posted has Jean Harrel under arrest for Murder and was a West Brook player.

Arrested but later released was Brayren Briscoe.

Which one has a scholarship? 

Harrel was a player but was enrolled at the Pathways Center (BISD alternative learning center).

I was speaking about Briscoe.

Evidently Harrel has had trouble at school as to why he is at Pathways.

[baddog]

From my wife’s FB page, a second suspect has been charged with murder……Demarion Smith. Can’t confirm from any news source. 

[tvc184]

On 5/8/2026 at 8:18 PM, baddog said:

From my wife’s FB page, a second suspect has been charged with murder……Demarion Smith. Can’t confirm from any news source. 

Maybe this is interesting or maybe it’s not, but….

Texas law does not distinguish between a principal and an accomplice or accessory in a crime like in some (majority?) states. In some states a person can be charged as an accessory/accomplice to a crime. In other words, the accessory isn’t the main actor (criminal). Maybe a getaway driver in a bank robbery is an accessory. The driver never entered the bank, never pointed a gun, never threatened anyone, etc., so he may have a reduced penalty. Where an armed robber might be facing 50 years maximum in prison, the driver (accessory) might be facing only up to 20 years maximum.

Texas makes no such distinction. If you took part in the crime, you are charged with the same crime with the same penalty range.

Going only by news reports it seems like that Texas law may have resulted in the arrest of the  guy who was later released. 

It seems like shots were fired from a car or someone jumped into a nearby car and fled. If two people were identified by witnesses as being in the vehicle, it might likely lead to having probable cause to make an arrest for both as taking part either as a shooter or driver. I am going to guess that this may have been what happened to the player that AAW was referring to with the scholarship. Maybe he was thought to be driving the vehicle that fled or was in the vehicle when shots were fired OR was merely nearby and a witness thought that the he was seen in or getting into a car. 

According to a statement by BPD, after the scholarship player was arrested, further information later led them to dropping the arrest. Again just guessing, the believed to be shooter apparently admitted to both driving away and firing shots. Since he may have taken responsibility for the entire situation, that may have led to the dismissing the arrest in the scholarship player.

But now is another arrest or warrant? This may be where the Texas law of no accessories might come into play. Did this third guy  help the shooter get away from the scene? Did he hand the shooter the gun? L

Anyway, all of this is just speculation but I thought maybe Texas law might be interesting in the justification for an arrest and later charges being accepted by the DA (requiring a grand jury indictment if a felony) or the dropping of charges against any person.