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Jonathan Finkelman
Investigators Believe Several People Witnessed Shooting
POSTED: 10:45 am CST January 13, 2006
UPDATED: 4:39 pm CST January 13, 2006
HOUSTON -- A family asked the public for help finding the person who fatally shot a Bellaire teen at a southwest Houston park nearly two weeks ago, KPRC Local 2 reported Friday.
Jonathan Finkelman, 16, was shot and killed at Godwin Park on Dec. 27 during what police have described as a drug deal.
Investigators said Finkelman received a call from a friend on the night he was killed to sell 250 lorcet pills, a prescription pain reliever.
Finkelman went to Godwin Park, where one of two men the teen met produced a gun during an altercation. The Bellaire High School junior died from a gunshot wound to the
head.
"While the victim in this case was involved in an illicit transaction, it does
not mean that it was a death penalty offense. He was executed. That shooter fired three times," Crime Stoppers director Kim Ogg said.
Finkelman's friend, 15-year-old Warren Payne, was shot once in the stomach. He survived the shooting.
"Please, anybody that knows anything, please, come for the reward, come to get these people off the street so that your children aren't at risk as well," Finkelman's Godfather, Jeff Joachim, said.
Investigators and Finkelman's family believe there were a lot of witnesses to the killing.
Police said they do not have a good witness of the men Finkelman met at the park, but said two men left the scene in a dark Chevrolet Malibu or similar car.
Crime Stoppers has offered a $5,000 reward and Finkelman's family is offering a $20,000 reward for information that leads to an arrest and the filing of charges
in t
his case.
Anyone with information should call Crime Stoppers at (713) 222-TIPS.
http://www.click2houston.com/news/6058146/detail.html
Jonathan Finkelman
Investigators Believe Several People Witnessed Shooting
POSTED: 10:45 am CST January 13, 2006
UPDATED: 4:39 pm CST January 13, 2006
HOUSTON -- A family asked the public for help finding the person who fatally shot a Bellaire teen at a southwest Houston park nearly two weeks ago, KPRC Local 2 reported Friday.
Jonathan Finkelman, 16, was shot and killed at Godwin Park on Dec. 27 during what police have described as a drug deal.
Investigators said Finkelman received a call from a friend on the night he was killed to sell 250 lorcet pills, a prescription pain reliever.
Finkelman went to Godwin Park, where one of two men the teen met produced a gun during an altercation. The Bellaire High School junior died from a gunshot wound to the
head.
"While the victim in this case was involved in an illicit transaction, it does
not mean that it was a death penalty offense. He was executed. That shooter fired three times," Crime Stoppers director Kim Ogg said.
Finkelman's friend, 15-year-old Warren Payne, was shot once in the stomach. He survived the shooting.
"Please, anybody that knows anything, please, come for the reward, come to get these people off the street so that your children aren't at risk as well," Finkelman's Godfather, Jeff Joachim, said.
Investigators and Finkelman's family believe there were a lot of witnesses to the killing.
Police said they do not have a good witness of the men Finkelman met at the park, but said two men left the scene in a dark Chevrolet Malibu or similar car.
Crime Stoppers has offered a $5,000 reward and Finkelman's family is offering a $20,000 reward for information that leads to an arrest and the filing of charges
in t
his case.
Anyone with information should call Crime Stoppers at (713) 222-TIPS.
http://www.click2houston.com/news/6058146/detail.html