Top Georgia commit charged, Northshore student killed during pool party: How are they connected?

FOX 26 has learned that the 17-year-old who was killed at a Harris County pool party over the weekend was one of the two teens charged in connection with a roadway shooting that happened earlier this month. 

Pool party turned deadly 

What we know:

According to officials, 17-year-old Isaiah Brice Phillip was killed at a pool party in the 15300 block of Liberty River Drive over the weekend. Authorities say party was held on Sunday, July 20, and records show Phillip died overnight on July 21.  

Harris County officials said the unsupervised party involved about 25-30 teens between the ages of 15 to 17-years-old. 

At the pool party, officials said multiple shooters shot into the crowd. Three teens were hit. Phillip, a 15-year-old girl who was taken by ambulance to a local emergency room and then transported by Life Flight, and another 15-year-old who was taken to the hospital. 

Charges filed days before the killing

Just two days before the pool party shooting, on July 18, Philip was identified as a suspect and charged in a July 6 roadway shooting along with 17-year-old Chace Calicut. Both teens were charged as adults with two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. 

Galena Park ISD Northshore Senior High School confirmed that one of their students was arrested during an off-campus incident and additionally confirmed that one of their students died in the pool party shooting. 

Top Georgia recruit charged in July 6 shooting 

FOX 26 has confirmed with trusted sources that Calicut played on the North Shore football team and that the top recruit committed to Georgia recently. 

Records in the case say that two teenage victims, who were fellow students, told investigators Calicut was driving a black Escalade down the 13300 block of Kuykendahl with Phillip in the passenger seat. The records say the victims claimed Calicut drove aggressively, break checking them and Philip pointed a gun at them when the Escalade pulled up next to the victim's vehicle. 

The records show the victims say Phillip fired that gun at them multiple times. The victims also told investigators Calicut had threatened them in the past. 

Calicut had his first court appearance on Tuesday, July 22, where a judge set his bond at $20,000.

The Source: Information from the Harris County Sheriff's Office as well as previous FOX 26 reporting. 

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