Jalin J. Foreman, 27, is charged with murder in connection with the death of Jalen Whitlock
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A Texas mother was fatally shot at her 6-year-old child’s birthday party, Houston police said.
Authorities say Jalen Whitlock, 25, was shot near the front door of her Locksley Road home in Houston on Thursday, Sept. 12, around 8:35 p.m., according to a criminal complaint.
Jalin J. Foreman, 27, surrendered to Houston on Monday, Sept. 16, and was booked into the Harris County Jail. He is charged with murder, according to the complaint.
A witness told police that during the party, Foreman drove up to the house, shot at least five times and began yelling, “I’m not afraid of you,” “I know where you live” and “Come at me,” according to the complaint.
Foreman then allegedly drove away, but returned a short time later and shouted, “We’re going to end this now,” the complaint said.
Whitlock’s boyfriend told police that Foreman, the father of her two children, “tried to come to the house to give his daughter a birthday present,” but Whitlock told him, “He can’t come to the house,” the complaint said.
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According to the complaint, Whitlock’s friend said Foreman arrived at the house and the friend saw Foreman dropping off gifts at the front door. He told police the children came downstairs to pick up the gifts and that the two men got into a verbal altercation shortly afterward.
According to the complaint, Foreman began teasing him, saying “things about fighting, shooting and for him to come to the back and fight.”
Foreman is said to have then returned to his truck.[The boyfriend] stated that he believes [Foreman] went back to his truck to get a gun because [Foreman] kept talking about shooting and fighting,” the complaint said.
“[The boyfriend] then taken to the kitchen to get one [victim’s] guns. [The boyfriend] stated that when he got back to the front door, the suspect shot and that was when the [boyfriend] shoot back at the suspect. [The boyfriend] stated that he then closed the door and observed [Whitlock] “He was lying on the ground, shot,” the complaint reads.
According to police, Foreman then fled the scene.
Foreman’s attorney declined to comment.
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