Ja’Qualin Houston was shot in the 7500 block of Berrenda Drive in Fort Worth. He died there, in the arms of his older brother. It was Christmas Eve.
Brittany Houston sits in the bedroom of her son, Ja'Qualin Houston, at her home on Friday, Jan. 3, 2025, in Fort Worth. Ja'Qualin Houston, 17, was fatally shot on Christmas Eve in Fort Worth during an attempted robbery. Her youngest son Brycen Houston is at right.His bedroom sits exactly as he left it, a shrine of that enduring December day. Brittany Houston swipes through photos on her phone of her son, Ja'Qualin Houston, on Friday, Jan. 3, 2025, in Fort Worth.
Brittany Houston hugs her youngest son Brycen Houston as she reflects on the loss of her son, Ja'Qualin Houston, at her home on Friday, Jan. 3, 2025, in Fort Worth. Ja'Qualin Houston, 17, was fatally shot on Christmas Eve in Fort Worth during an attempted robbery.Ja’Qualin had been a well-mannered kid for as long as Brittany can remember, but of his seven siblings, Ja’Qualin was the energy. Where the others were shy, he was bold, brave. Brittany called him her oddball.
After losing a close friend, also 17, to gun violence in January 2023, Brittany said Ja’Qualin began to unravel. He started drinking and smoking. He worried people were after him. He got a gun to protect himself. Brittany Houston is overcome with emotion as funeral home staff close the casket of her son Ja'Qualin Houston, 17, before a funeral service at New Light Family of God Christian Center, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025, in Fort Worth. Houston was fatally shot on Christmas Eve in Fort Worth during an attempted robbery.The morning of Jan. 16, Brittany trembled in the front row of a Fort Worth church as Ja’Qualin, the boy she’d loved for nearly half her life, was laid to rest in a cobalt blue casket.
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