Delano Burke’s (recently found dead) brother is charged with killing their mother and her partner. Let’s check out Who is Stephen Burkes and the motive for killing her mother in detail.
Sources confirm Stephen Burkes… brother of missing man Delano Burkes (recently found dead) was arrested Friday. Stephen Burkes is now accused of shooting/critically injuring his mother and killing her boyfriend today.
Who is Stephen Burkes?
Delano Burkes, a missing person whose body was discovered last month, has now been found and charged with shooting two members of his family.
Stephen Burkes was detained Friday morning in West Houston and accused of murder and aggravated assault on a family member, according to the criminal paperwork. Around 12:30 a.m. on Friday, a shooting took place at a house close to Westheimer Road and Eldridge Parkway. Just after 2:30 a.m., two people were shot twice at a residence on Bingley Drive, close to Gentryside Drive, north of Westheimer Road.
What happened to the victims?
Lt. R. Willkens reported from the scene on Friday morning, “We have one adult male, I guess in his 50s deceased on the scene.” “We have another woman here who is in her mid-40s and has sustained multiple gunshot wounds. She is at a nearby hospital. For her, we are in prayer.”
According to sources who spoke to FOX 26, the victim was Karen Jeffley, the mother of Stephen Burke. While Jeffley’s boyfriend was the victim of the shooting.
HPD Homicide Division Detectives M. Perez and J. Escobar reported:
HPD patrol officers responded to a shooting at a residence at the above address and found a man unresponsive in the front yard.
Houston Fire Department paramedics pronounced the man deceased. Officers were advised by HFD paramedics that a woman was on the phone with their dispatch and stated she was inside the residence and needed help because she had been shot multiple times.
Officers entered the residence and found the woman, 46, hiding in the living room. She had suffered gunshot wounds. Paramedics transported her to an area hospital.
Officers then located the suspect, later identified as Burkes, sitting outside in the patio area. Burkes was taken into custody without incident and was subsequently charged for his role in the shooting.
ARRESTED: Stephen Burkes, 27, is charged with murder and aggravated assault in this fatal shooting of a man and the shooting of a woman today (Jan. 6).
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Suspect’s Motive
According to Lt. Wilkens, “Our suspect has experienced mental health issues in the past.” “They believed he was acting strangely today and had acquired a weapon in some way.
We don’t quite know what happened or how it happened, but we think he shot his mother and the other man. We are unsure of the proper sequence.” At this point, it’s not known what led to the shooting.
Delano Burkes found dead after missing
Houston was enthralled for several weeks by the enigmatic Delano Burkes missing person case. The 26-year-old was captured on surveillance footage leaving a bar in the Heights wobbling and almost fleeing. About a month later, his lifeless body was discovered in the Houston Ship Channel.
Troy Finner, the chief of police in Houston, tweeted about the Delano case on December 9. Chief Finner stated in the tweet that they were awaiting the complete autopsy results.
We have kept Delano’s family up to date on the information we have learned during our investigation, and all evidence points to Delano’s death as a terrible accident, the statement continued.
Stephen Burkes and his mother have both been present at various press briefings that the Burkes family has had in recent weeks regarding Delano’s abduction.
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