HOUSTON, TX – Charges have been filed against a suspect in connection with the fatal stabbing of a man earlier this month in northeast Houston.
The incident occurred around 9 a.m. on August 12 in the 4500 block of Pickfair Street. Houston police officers responded to a report of a male lying in the roadway. Houston Fire Department paramedics pronounced the victim, identified as Joshua Hampton, 36, deceased at the scene. He had suffered multiple stab wounds.
According to the HPD Homicide Division, nearby residents did not report hearing or seeing any disturbance before the victim was found. A person of interest came forward during the investigation but was questioned and released.
Further investigation identified James Brown, 50, as the suspect. On August 27, Brown was arrested without incident by the Gulf Coast Violent Offenders Task Force. He is charged with murder in the 183rd State District Court and was booked into the Harris County Jail.
If you have any information, you are urged to contact the Houston Police Department or Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS.
