GALENA PARK, TX – The family of Jarvon Coles, a North Shore High School football player who was killed in a drive-by shooting near a house party in Humble, joined the Harris County Sheriff’s Office homicide unit and Crime Stoppers, asking for help to find whoever killed Coles.
“I can’t dwell on what happened because nothing we can do and nothing anyone can do can bring him back,” Coles’ grandfather Braxton Coles said. “Only thing that we can do is we can try to do as much good as we can moving forward in his name.”
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Coles was a standout student-athlete, an all-district football player with a 4.2 GPA.
At 18, he was going places and then suddenly, he wasn’t.
“Someone knows who did this. . .So we’re asking anyone who knows anything to come forward and let us know what you know,” Braxton Coles said. “Too many people were there to not have seen something.”
Tips can be reported by calling 713-222-8477, submitted online at www.crime-stoppers.org, or through the Crime Stoppers mobile app.
What happened?
Coles, 18, is believed to have been shot by one or two shooters who fired intentionally towards the house party from about one block away on March 9 in north Harris County, according to the Harris County Sheriff’s Office.
He was a senior and football player at Galena Park ISD’s North Shore High School.
The shooting happened in the 4900 block of Fieldwick Lane around 11 p.m.
Deputies were called to conduct a welfare check at the house, and they arrived and found a large party. The sheriff’s office said the home had been rented out via Airbnb, however, Airbnb has since said the incident did not take place during an Airbnb reservation.
Authorities also received a second call about a person who had passed out at the address.
When deputies arrived, they found EMS performing CPR on Coles. While paramedics were doing CPR, they realized Coles had been shot.
He was taken to the hospital, where he later died.
Deputies said there was a large party at the house, and there were reports of underage drinking. The house was also a rental, and the event had been planned on social media.
During the party, a car with several people drove by and fired shots at the house.
Authorities are still looking for the suspects and trying to get a better description of the car.
His funeral took place at The Light of the World Christian Fellowship Church in Humble.
Coles was a great player, and a team captain on his football team, and he had received several offers from universities to join their football programs.
However, he was planning to go to Lamar University.
Authorities are still investigating the shooting and looking for the suspects who shot and killed Coles.
If you have any information about this crime, please call HCSO at 713-274-9100.