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Sam Kyle James

Case from Houston, TX dated May 01, 2018

Victim Details

Sam Kyle James

Male

Houston

TX

2018-05-01

31

Sam

Kyle James

07/22/2026

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Sam Kyle James, a 31-year-old man from Houston, Texas, tragically died on May 1, 2018. His death was the result of a fatal shooting that occurred on April 30, 2018, in the parking garage of his apartment complex in the 600 block of Dairy Ashford. James, who was involved in a planned LSD drug deal, was shot in the head by Jace Weeks, a 24-year-old man from Huntington, Texas.

Weeks and his co-defendant, Devyn Durham, drove from Lufkin to Houston to purchase LSD from James. According to cour ...
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  • Investigation into Fatal Shooting at 611 Diary Ashford
  • KPRC: Man found shot to death in parking garage at west Houston apartment complex
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