POLICE Department
Update: Surveillance Video in Fatal Stabbing Investigation at 1900 Fulton
June 2, 2016 - Houston police homicide investigators today (June 2) released surveillance video and photos of a person of interest in the fatal stabbing of 11-year-old Josue Flores at 1900 Fulton about 4:40 p.m. on May 17.
The individual was described as a black male, 25 to 30 years old, about 6 feet tall and weighing 180 to 200 pounds. He was wearing a shirt, black pants and had a green jacket.
Surveillance video of the person of interest shows the male with a mustache and possible goatee, with partial letters on his jacket of LYMEN. The video is posted on the HPD YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGj1WxGrT7k
Surveillance photos of the male are attached to this news release.
HPD Homicide Division Sergeant N. Ruland and Officers J. Saldana and T. Fay reported:
Officers in the area of Fulton and James Street were flagged down by a citizen in regards to a male child who had been stabbed. Officers arrived and found the boy (Josue) in the grass at the above intersection.
Josue was walking home from school southbound near the 1900 block of Fulton Street. He was on the sidewalk just west of Fulton Street coming up to James Street when he was approached by an unknown black male walking northbound on the same sidewalk. According to several witnesses, they heard loud screaming and observed the unknown black male and Josue struggling with one another. Josue then collapsed on the grass near the sidewalk and the suspect fled the scene on foot northbound on Fulton St. Josue was taken to Memorial Hermann Hospital to be treated for multiple stab wounds, but was pronounced dead a short time later.
Investigators urge anyone with information on the person of interest in the video to contact the HPD Homicide Division at 713-308-3600 or Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS. Rewards totaling up to $45,000 are available to anyone who provides information leading to the arrest and charging of a suspect in this case.
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For additional information, please contact the HPD Public Affairs Division at 713-308-3200.
