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HPD Releases Surveillance Video Of ‘Person of Interest’ In Boy’s Fatal Stabbing

Houston police homicide investigators released surveillance video Thursday as they investigate the May 17 fatal stabbing of 11-year-old Josue Flores.

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Editor’s Note: Corrected from earlier version, which called person a suspect

Houston police homicide investigators released surveillance video Thursday as they investigate the May 17 fatal stabbing of 11-year-old Josue Flores.

The sixth-grader was stabbed to death in the 1900 block of Fulton Street, just north of downtown Houston, while he was walking home from school.

Investigators said Josue was southbound on the sidewalk at about 4:45 p.m. when he was approached by an unknown male walking northbound on the same sidewalk.

Anyone with information about the crime is asked to contact the HPD Homicide Division at 713-308-3600 or Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS. The reward has increased to $45,000.