After Andre Jackson was convicted for the murder of an 11-year-old Near Northside...
The closed-down Salvation Army building in the 2400 block of North Main on Friday, May 6, 2022 in Houston. The Salvation Army facility in Northside closed its doors following the murder of an 11-year-old student by Andre Jackson, who was residing there.After Andre Jackson was convicted for the murder of an 11-year-old Near Northside resident, residents and officials gathered outside of the now-shuttered shelter where Jackson had lived, expressing their fears that it would reopen.
Stella Mireles-Walters, who founded the neighborhood patrol program Safe Walk Home after Josue Flores’s death, said last week she did not want the facility to reopen, but that if it did, her group wanted 24/7 security and a client agreement not to camp or loiter in the area under penalty of losing access to Salvation Army’s services.
Across the Houston area, the Christian organization provides a broad range of services — including resources, children’s programming, food and presents — to over 50,000 people a year, Forney said.Northside community members focus on closed Salvation Army shelter after conviction of former resident in killing of Josue FloresHowever, he acknowledged, that in the decades leading up to Flores’s murder, the facility’s relationship with its neighbors became less than ideal.
She welcomed the Salvation Army’s pouring investment into the now-vacant space, saying the administrative offices were preferable to other potential uses for the property, such as a strip of bars.
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