On April 10, 2016 at 11:15 PM Shante and Willie were walking on 1100 Dennis Street when they were attacked by a group of people. One of those people fired a gun; hitting Sims, as he pushed Isaac out of the way. The group then pulled out metal pipes to beat the two to death.
Tariq Lackings, a twenty-three-year old man was arrested in August of that year on charges of capital murder in the death of Shante and Willie. The charge was later reduced to murder for the death of Isaac. The murder case was solved thanks to an eyewitness, Rique Jackson, who was also a member of the group who killed Shante and Willie. He states that he wanted to tell the story of what happened to "set the record straight"; however prosecutors believe he snitched on Tariq to reduce a ten-year prison sentence he was facing, to six months, for a choking incident to his mother.
Rique alleges he was living with Lackings at the time of the murders and that he (Tariq) woke him up to go pick up their friend, a transgender woman, and settle a score with Isaac over a brawl between her and the unnamed trans woman; which occurred at a McDonald's a few days earlier. Jackson continues by saying that Shante threw a bottle at the group, who then retaliated by beating her and her friend with bricks. Attorney for Tariq Lackings, Paul Morgan states that believes this not to be a hate crime, rather that Rique, a recently sober man was out of rehab and looking to get high. Paul alleges that Jackson brought a knife to what he thought was a cocaine buy. Morgan continues by stating he believes that the murders occurred between two rival groups who bought and sold drugs among themselves.
Tariq is currently awaiting his trial in Harris County Jail on a two-hundred-fifty thousand dollar bond.
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