HOUSTON – A suspect was arrested Tuesday and charged in the fatal shooting of a 20-year-old man at an apartment complex in Third Ward over two weeks ago, officers with the Houston Police Department said.
Jabari Antwan Sample, 21, has been charged with murder. He is accused of fatally shooting a man identified by authorities as Jordan Michael Gaffney at the Aspen apartments located at 4971 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. on Dec. 10.
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ARRESTED: Booking photo of Jabari Antwan Sample, 21, now charged with murder in the fatal shooting of a man at 4971 MLK Blvd on Dec. 10.
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According to HPD, officers were dispatched to a shooting call at the apartment complex and found Gaffney unresponsive with apparent gunshot wounds. Paramedics pronounced the man dead at the scene, police said.
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Detectives said there was a physical altercation in the stairwell of the apartment complex, which led to the shooting. The suspect then fled the scene, police said.
HPD said further investigation identified Sample as the suspect in this case. He was taken into custody on Tuesday and was subsequently charged for his role in the shooting, investigators said.
Anyone with additional information in this case is urged to contact the HPD Homicide Division at (713) 308-3600 or speak anonymously with Crime Stoppers at (713) 222-TIPS.