On January 12, 2025, amidst a severe winter snowstorm across Memphis, Tennessee, 21-year-old Patrick Houston Jr. was shot and killed inside a vehicle near Charjean Park and Long Street in South Memphis. Patrick Houston Jr. was the son of Memphis hip-hop legend Patrick Houston (Project Pat) and the nephew of Three 6 Mafia co-founder Jordan Houston (Juicy J).
Following a six-month investigation by the Memphis Police Department and federal authorities, U.S. Marshals tracked down and arrested 19-year-old Talia Jones in Minneapolis, Minnesota, indicting her for Facilitation of First-Degree Murder under Tennessee Code Annotated § 39-11-403. Subsequently, prosecutors unsealed an adult grand jury indictment charging 18-year-old Jermiesia Franklin—who was 16 at the time of the shooting—with First-Degree Premeditated Murder, Especially Aggravated Robbery for taking Houston Jr.'s cell phone, and T
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