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Texas police say ‘it’s self-defense’ and won’t charge man, 20, who shot father-of-five, 35, confronting the parents of a teen boy who had been ‘cyberbullying his 15-year-old daughter for nine months’

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;352d2e"><strong>Texas father-of-five&comma; 35&comma; is shot dead after confronting the parents of a teen boy who had been &&num;8216&semi;cyberbullying his 15-year-old daughter for nine months&&num;8217&semi; <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;352d2e"><strong>Father-of-five Brandon Curtis&comma; 35&comma; was killed Friday night outside a home in Harris County&comma; Texas <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;352d2e"><strong>The father-of-five was shot dead after confronting the parents of a teen boy who had been bullying his teenage daughter<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;352d2e"><strong>The teen was engaged in ongoing &&num;8216&semi;cyberbullying his 15-year-old daughter for nine months&&num;8217&semi;&comma; and would not desist even after entreaties&comma; according to the deceased&&num;8217&semi;s wife&comma; Shantel Harris<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;352d2e"><strong>Police said the man&comma; who shot the victim mutiple times&comma; told them Curtis hit his teen brother&comma; before he went to get a gun to protect himself and his brother from the assault<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;352d2e"><strong>Curtis&comma; a commercial truck driver&comma; was found shot in the street where he had succumbed to his injuries<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;352d2e"><strong>Harris County Sheriff&comma; Ed Gonzalez&comma; said the fatal shooting occurred when Brando curtis allegedly&comma; took his daughter over to the boy&&num;8217&semi;s home to fight other teens <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;352d2e"><strong>The sheriff&&num;8217&semi;s conclusion is disputed by the deceased&&num;8217&semi;s family who said he &&num;8216&semi;never put a hand on a child&&num;8217&semi; and demand justice<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;352d2e"><strong>The 20-year-old man who shot Curtis has yet to be charged &&num;8211&semi; police said the man is claiming self defense <&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;01&sol;Brandon-Curtis-4&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-369560" width&equals;"605" height&equals;"723"&sol;><figcaption><strong>Brandon Curtis &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; was shot dead on Friday after he confronted the parents of a teenage boy who had been cyberbullying his 15-year-old daughter on social media<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">A Texas&nbsp&semi;father-of-five was shot dead on Friday after he confronted the parents of a teenage boy who had been cyberbullying his 15-year-old daughter on social media&comma; according to his heartbroken family&period;&nbsp&semi;<br>Brandon Curtis&comma; 35&comma; was shot multiple times in the 10900 block of Spring Brook Pass of the Humble area&comma; according to a statement from the Harris County Sheriff&&num;8217&semi;s Office&period;&nbsp&semi;&nbsp&semi;<br> Curtis&comma; a commercial truck driver&comma; was found shot in the street and succumbed to his injuries at the scene&comma; police said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;01&sol;Brandon-Curtis-5&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-369559" width&equals;"618" height&equals;"729"&sol;><figcaption><strong>Brandon Curtis with his five children&period; He was killed Friday trying to defend his 15-year-old daughter<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">His wife&comma; Shantal Harris&comma; said that her husband had gone over to the boy&&num;8217&semi;s home because their daughter had been bullied by the same teen for the last nine months&period;&nbsp&semi;<br>She claims the bully would send her daughter messages saying &&num;8216&semi;I&&num;8217&semi;m gonna beat you up&&num;8217&semi; and &&num;8216&semi;ho I&&num;8217&semi;m gonna get you&&num;8217&semi;&comma; and also posts ridiculing her parents&period;&nbsp&semi;<br>She says that Curtis went to the boy&&num;8217&semi;s house to speak with the alleged bully&&num;8217&semi;s parents to try and resolve the situation&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;01&sol;Brandon-Curtis-left-and-right-with-his-children-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-369562" width&equals;"639" height&equals;"516"&sol;><figcaption><strong> Curtis Harris is pictured with four of his children&period; His killer has not been<strong> charged by&period; The sheriff&&num;8217&semi;s office will be referring the case to a Harris County grand jury&period;<&sol;strong> <&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;01&sol;Spot-where-Brandon-Curtis-was-shot-dead-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-369563" width&equals;"641" height&equals;"462"&sol;><figcaption><strong>The scene where Brandon Curtis Harris was shot and killed on Friday in Harris County&comma; Texas<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;01&sol;Police-work-crime-sche-after-Brandon-Curtis-was-shot-dead-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-369574" width&equals;"641" height&equals;"480"&sol;><figcaption><strong>Sheriff&&num;8217&semi;s deputies secure the crime scene after Brandon Curtis was shot dead on the street on Friday<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">While the deceased man&&num;8217&semi;s wife claims that her husband was killed after he&&num;8217&semi;d gone over to the alleged bully&&num;8217&semi;s home to sort out the ongoing nine-month long harrasment of their daughter by the same teen the Harris&period;<br>However&comma; Curtis never came home&period; Once outside the teen&&num;8217&semi;s house&comma; the confrontation turned violent&period; <br>Investigators said a 20-year-old man told them Curtis hit his teen brother&period; County Sheriff&comma; Ed Gonzalez however&comma;&nbsp&semi; said the fatal shooting occurred when Curtis allegedly took his daughter over to the boy&&num;8217&semi;s home to fight other teens&period;<br>The sheriff&&num;8217&semi;s conclusion has infuriated Shantal Harris&colon; &&num;8216&semi;I don&&num;8217&semi;t feel like it&&num;8217&semi;s right to let that come out like that&period; I&&num;8217&semi;m angry&period; I&&num;8217&semi;m angry about it&comma;&&num;8217&semi; Harris told&nbsp&semi;<a rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;abc13&period;com&sol;brandon-curtis-houston-social-media-beef-shooting-students-killed-dad-humble&sol;10016392&sol;">ABC 13<&sol;a>&period; <br>&&num;8216&semi;I know my husband&period; My husband is not like that&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;01&sol;Shantal-Harris-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-369566" width&equals;"599" height&equals;"362"&sol;><figcaption><strong>&&num;8216&semi;I don&&num;8217&semi;t feel like it&&num;8217&semi;s right to let that come out like that&period; I&&num;8217&semi;m angry&period; I&&num;8217&semi;m angry about it&comma;&&num;8217&semi; Harris &lbrack;p&lpar;pictured&rpar; told ABC 13&period; &&num;8216&semi;I know my husband&period; My husband is not like that&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;01&sol;Shantal-Harris-and-her-husband-Brandon-Curtis-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-369567" width&equals;"607" height&equals;"783"&sol;><figcaption><strong>&&num;8216&semi;When he left from here&comma; my husband went to go resolve the issue&period; He wanted to go speak to the parent&comma;&&num;8217&semi; said Shantal Harris seen &lbrack;left&rsqb;&comma;with her husband Brandon Curtis<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Her sister-in-law&comma; Jeran Perkins&comma; also disputed the claim&comma; saying&colon; &&num;8216&semi;My brother would never put a hand on a child&period; We want justice&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br>Her husband spoke with the boy&&num;8217&semi;s father about the bullying&comma; and on Friday Curtis&comma; her daughter and son went to speak to the family again&colon; &&num;8216&semi;When he left from here&comma; my husband went to go resolve the issue&period; <br>He wanted to go speak to the parent&comma;&&num;8217&semi; Harris told the news station&period;&nbsp&semi;<br>However&comma; Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said the fatal shooting occurred when he allegedly took his daughter over to the boy&&num;8217&semi;s home to fight other teens&period;<br>According to authorities&comma; a 20-year-old man told them Curtis hit his teen brother outside their home&period;&nbsp&semi;<br>That&&num;8217&semi;s when the man went to get a gun to protect his brother and shot Curtis&comma; authorities said&period;&nbsp&semi;&nbsp&semi;&nbsp&semi;<br><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;01&sol;Spot-where-Brandon-Curtis-was-shot-dead-2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-369570"&sol;><figcaption><strong>Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said the fatal shooting &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; occurred when he allegedly took his daughter over to the boy&&num;8217&semi;s home to fight other teens<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph"><br>After the shooting&comma; Harris said her daughter received another message that read&colon;&nbsp&semi;&&num;8216&semi;We&nbsp&semi;all had a fight and killed dey &lpar;sic&rpar; daddy&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br>&&num;8216&semi;For them to claim self- defense&comma; it&&num;8217&semi;s sickening&comma;&&num;8217&semi; Harris&comma; said&period;<br>Authorities have not charged the man with Curtis&&num;8217&semi; death&period; The sheriff&&num;8217&semi;s office will be referring the case to a Harris County grand jury&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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