HARRIS COUNTY, Texas – A mother is grieving as she prepares to bury her 15-year-old son.
The teen died after a police chase through northwest Harris County.
The fatal crash sent the driver to jail, charged with murder.
The teenager who died is 15-year-old Stephaun Fair.
Fair’s mother said the place where the crash happened is somewhere she plans to visit often.
“The pain, I can’t express my pain, it’s deep. It’s really deep,” said Naomi Fair.
Family and friends of Stephaun Fair made a memorial at the place where the teen was pronounced dead.
“He was just always so happy. Always happy. He always had energy,” said Madison Mason. “He always wanted to play.”
The Klein High School students spent most of the day with Fair’s mom, Naomi, at her home.
“With them coming around and visiting me, bringing me flowers and stuff, it’s really keeping me lifted. I’ve really been lifted with all the support and the people around me,” Naomi Fair said.
Houston Police said Stephaun Fair was in the backseat of a Chevy Malibu fleeing from officers who tried to pull them over.
Investigators said the teen driver reached speeds of 80 miles per hour, clipped a vehicle, causing them to spin and crash into another vehicle.
Surveillance video showed the moment officers rush out heading for the vehicle.
Naomi Fair said she woke up this morning to a knock at her door, from another parent with officers on the phone.
“He didn’t call my son name. He just said, ‘I’m sorry for your loss’ and I told him, ‘no my son is in his room.’ So I went upstairs, I ran upstairs, and I looked at his room and he wasn’t there. And I immediately started screaming and hollering.”
Three others inside of the vehicle that crashed were hospitalized. It is said that one of them remains in the hospital Saturday night.
One person in another vehicle was taken to the hospital in stable condition. No other injuries were reported.
The Harris County Sheriff’s Office said the teenage driver, after being discharged from the hospital, was transported to the Harris County Juvenile Detention Center. The driver has been charged with felony murder and evading in a motor vehicle.
To donate to a GoFundMe for the Fair family, go here.
