Man charged with capital murder in shooting death of 5-year-old girl in Cypress – Click2Houston

Man charged with capital murder in shooting death of 5-year-old girl in Cypress  Click2Houston

Jeremy Porter, 47, is charged with capital murder in the shooting death of 5-year-old Zah’Layah, who was riding in her family’s car during an apparent road rage shooting in Cypress. CYPRESS – A 47-year-old man has been charged with capital murder in the shooting death of a 5-year-old girl who was riding in her family’s car in northwest Harris County. Jeremy Porter is accused of opening fire on the vehicle near Grant Road and Jones Road at about 11:30 p.m. Saturday. Zah’Layah was struck by gunfire and later pronounced dead at a hospital. Two other children in the car were injured by shattered glass. The children’s mother, Monica Hicks, said she and her five children were driving home from her mother’s house when they were “gunned down.” “I just want whoever did it to my baby to know exactly what happens when you just senselessly shoot into a vehicle and my windows are crystal clear so you see my children inside of my car,” Hicks said.

“I didn’t exchange any words with the individual. I didn’t see them coming. I didn’t even know they were behind me.” Investigators initially said the shooting may have stemmed from road rage. Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez announced Porter’s arrest Sunday night. He said automated license plate reader technology played an important role in