A second individual has been indicted within the 2025 homicide of Venture Pat’s son Patrick Houston Jr., who was shot and killed in Memphis on the age of 21.
Based on a report from ABC 24 Memphis on Thursday (Sept. 10), 18-year-old Jermiesia Franklin has been hit with two counts of first-degree homicide, aggravated theft and tampering with or fabricating proof in Houston Jr.’s dying. The latter cost comes from allegedly taking his mobile phone after the homicide.
Franklin, who was 16 on the time of the taking pictures, is being held on a $5 million bond within the Shelby County Jail in Memphis. She additionally faces separate expenses of tried second-degree homicide and the usage of a firearm through the fee of a harmful felony from an unrelated September 2024 incident.
Franklin is the second individual arrested within the matter, as 19-year-old Talia Jones was captured in Minnesota in July of 2025 for her alleged position in Houston Jr.’s dying. Jones is dealing with expenses of aggravated theft and tampering with proof or fabricating proof. Police say Franklin was the precise shooter, whereas Jones assisted within the homicide.
Each teenagers are due in court docket for a report date on Sept. 16, with a joint trial set to start on September 21.
Venture Pat’s son was discovered lifeless by cops responding to a taking pictures on Jan. 10, 2025. Pat has not publicly commented on the case developments or his son’s dying, however has remained energetic in his faith-based outreach, commonly visiting prisons and talking at church buildings by his non-profit group, Go Basis.
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