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<blockquote data-quote="KPRC2" data-source="post: 48016" data-attributes="member: 148">Houston Police Chief Troy Finner and homicide detectives were joined by family members Wednesday to make a plea to the public for additional information on the suspect or suspects involved in the fatal shooting of 5-year-old Khamaya Dior Donelson.Finner announced that the reward for information on the suspects involved has been raised to $25,000 after Houston billionaire Tilman Fertitta offered an additional $20,000 to Crime Stoppers’ $5,000 reward.The mother of Arlene Alvarez, a <a href="https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2022/02/15/family-confirms-identity-of-9-year-old-accidentally-shot-by-atm-robbery-victim-who-was-firing-at-fleeing-suspect-police-say/" target="_blank">9-year-old girl who was shot and killed</a> when her family’s vehicle was struck after a robbery at a southwest Houston Chase Bank ATM drive-thru, attended Wednesday’s press conference to support Khamaya’s family.What happenedAccording to Assistant Chief C. Hatcher, officers responded to multiple reports of a shooting in the 13500 block of Northborough Drive near Rushcreek Drive in the Greenspoint area around 1 a.m. Sunday.Finner, who became emotional, said the mother was out late because she had to close the restaurant she worked at and had just picked up her children from a 24-hour daycare. He said she wanted to get her children ice cream before heading home.Around 12:51 a.m., police that a vehicle driven by the mother came to a stop at a stop sign when a silver four-door sedan with four suspects inside approached the vehicle.One of the suspects leaned out of the rear driver’s side window and began firing multiple gunshots toward a food store, police said. Watters’ vehicle was caught in the crossfire, according to police. Khamaya was in the backseat of her mother’s vehicle with her 8-year-old brother when they were both struck by a single bullet.Watters rushed both children to an area hospital where Khamaya later died. Her 8-year-old son survived after suffering a gunshot wound to the arm.After further investigation, police said the mother’s vehicle was not the intended target.During Wednesday’s press conference, a photo of the suspects’ vehicle was released in hopes someone will recognize it.<img src="https://www.click2houston.com/resizer/vOcjXDvNR__cDS2IlZO9iPdyg2I=/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gmg/OWDGJOQX25APDGUYWNGR2HKX2M.jpg" alt="During Wednesday’s press conference, a photo of the suspects' vehicle was released in hopes someone will recognize who it belongs to.' vehicle was released in hopes someone will recognize who it belongs to." class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />“I failed to protect my baby. As a mom, I have a duty to protect and serve my kids,” Watters said during the press conference.Watters made a plea that someone knows something and to please come forward for her daughter.Anyone with information in this case is asked to call HPD Homicide at 713-306-3800 or Crime Stoppers at 713-222-8477.Khamaya’s family has started a <a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/3768uu-kamaya?utm_source=facebook" target="_blank">GoFundMe account</a> to help with her funeral expenses.Previous related:<ul>
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[QUOTE="KPRC2, post: 48016, member: 148"] Houston Police Chief Troy Finner and homicide detectives were joined by family members Wednesday to make a plea to the public for additional information on the suspect or suspects involved in the fatal shooting of 5-year-old Khamaya Dior Donelson. Finner announced that the reward for information on the suspects involved has been raised to $25,000 after Houston billionaire Tilman Fertitta offered an additional $20,000 to Crime Stoppers’ $5,000 reward. The mother of Arlene Alvarez, a [URL='https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2022/02/15/family-confirms-identity-of-9-year-old-accidentally-shot-by-atm-robbery-victim-who-was-firing-at-fleeing-suspect-police-say/']9-year-old girl who was shot and killed[/URL] when her family’s vehicle was struck after a robbery at a southwest Houston Chase Bank ATM drive-thru, attended Wednesday’s press conference to support Khamaya’s family. [U][B]What happened[/B][/U] According to Assistant Chief C. Hatcher, officers responded to multiple reports of a shooting in the 13500 block of Northborough Drive near Rushcreek Drive in the Greenspoint area around 1 a.m. Sunday. Finner, who became emotional, said the mother was out late because she had to close the restaurant she worked at and had just picked up her children from a 24-hour daycare. He said she wanted to get her children ice cream before heading home. Around 12:51 a.m., police that a vehicle driven by the mother came to a stop at a stop sign when a silver four-door sedan with four suspects inside approached the vehicle. One of the suspects leaned out of the rear driver’s side window and began firing multiple gunshots toward a food store, police said. Watters’ vehicle was caught in the crossfire, according to police. Khamaya was in the backseat of her mother’s vehicle with her 8-year-old brother when they were both struck by a single bullet. Watters rushed both children to an area hospital where Khamaya later died. Her 8-year-old son survived after suffering a gunshot wound to the arm. After further investigation, police said the mother’s vehicle was not the intended target. During Wednesday’s press conference, a photo of the suspects’ vehicle was released in hopes someone will recognize it. [IMG alt="During Wednesday’s press conference, a photo of the suspects' vehicle was released in hopes someone will recognize who it belongs to.' vehicle was released in hopes someone will recognize who it belongs to."]https://www.click2houston.com/resizer/vOcjXDvNR__cDS2IlZO9iPdyg2I=/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gmg/OWDGJOQX25APDGUYWNGR2HKX2M.jpg[/IMG] “I failed to protect my baby. As a mom, I have a duty to protect and serve my kids,” Watters said during the press conference. Watters made a plea that someone knows something and to please come forward for her daughter. Anyone with information in this case is asked to call HPD Homicide at 713-306-3800 or Crime Stoppers at 713-222-8477. Khamaya’s family has started a [URL='https://www.gofundme.com/f/3768uu-kamaya?utm_source=facebook']GoFundMe account[/URL] to help with her funeral expenses. [U][B]Previous related:[/B][/U] [LIST] [*][URL='https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2022/07/05/mother-identifies-5-year-old-girl-killed-inside-her-vehicle-while-waiting-at-stop-sign-in-north-houston-intersection/']Mother identifies 5-year-old girl killed inside her vehicle while waiting at stop sign in north Houston intersection [/URL] [*][URL='https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2022/07/03/5-year-old-dead-8-year-old-wounded-after-possible-drive-by-shooting-in-north-houston-police-say/']5-year-old girl killed, 8-year-old boy after mother’s vehicle caught in crossfire at north Houston intersection, police say[/URL] [/LIST] [url="https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2022/07/06/live-hpd-chief-finner-detectives-join-family-to-make-plea-in-identifying-suspect-who-killed-5-year-old-girl-in-shooting/"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]

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