Jazmine Barnes’ Killer Arrested and Charged with Captial Murder [PHOTO]

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A man in Texas was arrested and charged with the fatal murder of 7- year-old Jazmine Barnes. The suspect, 20-year-old, Eric Black Jr, was identified as the suspect from a tip. Texas authorities stated that Black admitted that he was involved in the shooting.

Eric Black Jr., 20, is charged with capital murder in the death of 7-year-old Jazmine Barnes. #hounews pic.twitter.com/OlmqMlb3ES

— HCSOTexas (@HCSOTexas) January 6, 2019

This break in the case comes a week after Jazmine Barnes was fatally shot in the neck while in the car with her mother. The gunman reportedly opened fire on the car at 7am. Barnes death was made public after activist Shaun King posted it on his instagram page. Take a look at the posts below.

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‪URGENT. ALL HANDS ON DECK. ‬ ‪A 40 year old white man w/ a beard in a red pickup truck pulled up on 7 year old Jazmine Barnes and her family near a Houston @Walmart and shot and killed her and injured others. ‬ ‪I am joining the search for her killer and have a $25,000 reward.‬ ‪Need him NOW.‬ I’ve talked directly with the family and they are devastated beyond words. We must find this man right away.

A post shared by Shaun King (@shaunking) on Jan 1, 2019 at 10:07am PST

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The man who shot and killed 7 year old Jazmine Barnes in Houston was driving this maroon pickup truck and shot Jazmine and her family through the window of the truck. They believe he was white, at least 40 years old, and had a beard. First, let’s find this truck. Make/model?

A post shared by Shaun King (@shaunking) on Jan 1, 2019 at 12:23pm PST

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Let’s do this.

A post shared by Shaun King (@shaunking) on Jan 1, 2019 at 5:13pm PST

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Her family called her Jaz. And she was beloved by all. They sent me this video of her to share with you all. We must find the evil coward who murdered 7 year old Jazmine Barnes. We must. We have some leads already, but they aren’t good enough. Keep pushing.

A post shared by Shaun King (@shaunking) on Jan 1, 2019 at 8:06pm PST

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Jazmine’s mother, LaPorsha, on seeing her 7 year old baby girl targeted, shot, and killed.

A post shared by Shaun King (@shaunking) on Jan 1, 2019 at 9:12pm PST

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The family of 7 year old Jazmine Barnes asked me to share these new wonderful pictures of her. She was loved and treasured and valued. We will not stop until we find her killer.

A post shared by Shaun King (@shaunking) on Jan 1, 2019 at 11:44pm PST

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We caught them.

A post shared by Shaun King (@shaunking) on Jan 6, 2019 at 4:05am PST