Khylie Sorrells, 9, Shot By Mother’s Ex-Boyfriend, Police Say
On Monday, June 13, 2022, 9-year-old Khylie Sorrells was in her room watching TV when she was executed by her mother’s boyfriend, according to law enforcement officials in Harris County, Texas.
Little Khylie Sorrells was only a month away from her 10th birthday, but she was already making an impact in the Houston, Texas area, where she lived. According to a GoFundMe account set up by her mother, Khylie was a star MVP basketball player for the Houston PAL (Police Athletic League) basketball team.
Khylie also loved her two sisters and making TikTok videos, her mother said.
On Monday, June 13, 2022, Khylie was in her room watching TV when she was executed by her mother’s boyfriend, according to law enforcement officials in Harris County, Texas.
Jeremiah Jones, 22, was taken into custody by SWAT & Tactical Team officers and has been charged with capital murder.
Court documents obtained by Houston-area media outlet KTRK indicated that Jones and Khylie’s mother, Brittany Sorrells, dated for about eight months. They broke up around two months ago, but things got especially rocky of late.
According to court documents, Jones was reportedly out on bond for a different felony charge when he was involved in this domestic disturbance that turned deadly.
According to investigators, on June 13, Jones showed up to Brittany’s apartment and found the door unlocked because her cousin had been going in and out of the residence.
While Brittany was in bed with Kyhlie and two other children, watching a movie, Jones walked into the apartment and demanded the TV, claiming that it was his. According to Brittany, Jones then ripped the TV off the wall and brought it to the apartment’s den. He also accused Brittany of seeing another man and demanded that she give him her cell phone, according to court documents.
Brittany told police that when she gave Jones her phone, he walked into the back bedroom where her daughter Khylie was. That’s when Brittany said she heard two gunshots. Rushing out of the apartment, he also allegedly shot Brittany in the shoulder, she told detectives.
When Brittany rushed into the room, she saw her daughter on the floor with a gunshot wound to her head. Khylie would later die at a hospital.Nobody else in the apartment was harmed, according to police.
In the GoFundMe, Brittany says this: “I don’t wish this type of pain on nobody.”Jones also faces assault charges, according to Harris County jail records.