4th UPDATE: Fourth Suspect Arrested, Charged in June 2023 Fatal Shooting at 5919 Beldart Street
Charges have been filed against a fourth suspect arrested in the fatal shooting of a man at 5919 Beldart Street about 7:50 p.m. on June 27, 2023.
The male suspect, 17, has been referred to Harris County Juvenile Probation authorities on a capital murder charge. Because the suspect was 16 at the time of the incident, his information and booking photo are not releasable.
Another juvenile male. 16, was previously arrested and referred to Harris County Juvenile Probation authorities on a charge of capital murder. The two other suspects, Kevontae Marquise Kemp, 17, and D’ Andre Vasquez, 19, are charged with capital murder in the 176th and 177th State District Court, respectively. Booking photos of Kemp and Vasquez are attached to this news release. The victim is identified as Plezher Wooley, 18. HPD Homicide Division Sergeant N. Lazo and Detective M. Providence reported: HPD patrol officers and Houston Fire Department paramedics responded to a shooting at a residence at the above address and found Mr. Wooley lying on the front patio. He had suffered a gunshot wound. HFD paramedics transported Wooley to Ben Taub General Hospital where he was pronounced deceased. At that time, there was no known motive or suspect(s) description. Further investigation identified Vasquez as a suspect in this case and, on July 25, 2023, he was arrested by officers with the HPD Southeast Patrol Division Crime Suppression Team.
Subsequent investigation led to the identity of Kemp as a second suspect. Kemp was taken into custody by HPD Southeast Patrol Division Crime Suppression Team officers on September 20, 2023 and then booked into the Harris County Jail.
Additional investigation led to the whereabouts of the third suspect and, on October 9, 2023, Southeast Patrol Division Crime Suppression Team officers arrested the juvenile male and he was subsequently charged.
On Tuesday (March 26), HPD Southeast Patrol Division Crime Suppression Team officers obtained information on the fourth suspect and he was arrested without incident.
Kevontae Kemp
D’ Andre Vasquez
4th Update: VHS/JFC 3-27-24
3rd Update: SOA/VHS 10-13-23
2nd Update: JFC/SOA 9-21-23Update: VHS/JFC 7-26-23VHS/SOA 6-28-23Inc. #091372323
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