Willie Scott

Murdered

On July 10, 2007, 42-year-old Willie Earl Scott was found deceased in the back room of his men's clothing and shoe store, J&W Fashions, located near West Little York and Wheatley streets in Houston, Texas. Two customers discovered his body around 2:45 p.m.; he had been shot in the neck at close range. Scott, a deacon at the Rose of Sharon Baptist Church, had transformed his life from a former crack addict and ex-convict to a community leader and founder of "Jails to Jobs," a nonprofit organizati ...Read More