Harris County shooting: 14-year-old shot, killed near High Stone Lane

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas - Harris County Sheriff's Office detectives are trying to piece together the deadly shooting of a 14-year-old that occurred late Thursday evening in northwest Harris County.

Detective Mario Quintenilla says it appears two groups of teen juveniles were involved.

14-year-old killed near High Stone Lane

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What we know:

Around 9 p.m. on Thursday, deputies were called to the 6600 block of High Stone Lane and found a 14-year-old boy dead with gunshot wounds at the location near a retention pond.

Family members identified the boy as Jaquai Thompson.

Preliminary information is the teen was with friends at the location, and they were approached by another group of males, between 15 and 17-years old. An altercation occurred, and one person in the other group of males shot a weapon, hitting the 14-year-old.

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The groups left the scene before deputies arrived.

The teen was pronounced dead by EMS at the scene. His family was at the scene.

What we don't know:

At this time, deputies do not know why the groups were meeting up or what led to the shooting.

What you can do:

Homicide Detectives urge anyone with information about this shooting to contact the Homicide Unit at 713-274-9100 or Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS (8477).

Family identifies 14-year-old boy killed in shooting

Jaquai Thompson (left) (Photo provided by family)

Family members tell us Jaquai, who went by the nickname "Quay", was an 8th grader at Rowe Middle School in Cy-Fair ISD.

What they're saying:

"He's not a bad kid. He's not out robbing, he's not out killing, he's not doing none of that. He's just a kid running around being a kid," his cousin Kelvin Sarver says. "They say some guys rolled up, shot him in the face."

Sarver continues, "This is my little cousin that be over here every day, at my house every day with my kids. I've got kids the same age. It's hard. I immediately just broke down."

Dig deeper:

Cy-Fair ISD says they will have counselors at Rowe Middle School to meet with students who need help coping with the loss of their classmate.