A jury found the 27-year-old man guilty of felony murder for the crash that left his 19-year-old passenger dead.
A jury found a Houston man guilty of felony murder for a deadly crash during a pursuit in 2019, officials say.
According to the Harris County District Attorney’s Office, Deshawn Fortee Brown, 27, agreed to a 30-year prison sentence after the jury found him guilty in the crash that killed his passenger."Running from the police is never the answer and this is exactly why," Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg said. "A 19-year-old lost his life because this man decided he could drive faster than the police.
According to Houston police, a Harris County Precinct 5 deputy constable was on patrol in a marked vehicle when he saw Brown driving a black Ford Fusion at a high rate of speed on Eldridge Parkway.The district attorney’s office said Brown reached speeds up to 92 mph in a 35 mph zone.According to police, Brown ended up running a red light at the intersection of the Katy Freeway and the Eldridge Parkway and struck an SUV that was making a left turn.
Police say Francis was a passenger in Brown’s vehicle. He was taken to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead."The difference between her being alive or dead is milliseconds," said Assistant District Attorney Kelly Marshall, of the District Attorney’s Office’s Vehicular Crimes Division. "We have to hold people responsible because of the number of people who are put in danger when people try to flee from police.
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