This is what happened.
Friendswood boy held after dispute ends in teen's death
By RUTH RENDON
FRIENDSWOOD — A 16-year-old Friendswood boy was being held today in
connection with a dispute that led to the death of another teen.
The youth is suspected of ramming his truck into the rear of a
Mercedes-Benz on Wednesday night, causing it to lurch forward and
strike James Dylan Russell as he stood in front of the car.
Russell, also 16, died this morning at Memorial Hermann Hospital.
The incident occurred after a confrontation in the 4200 block of Lucian
about 9:15 p.m. Wednesday, Friendswood police said.
Witnesses told police that the boy who is in custody was in his yard
with friends when a silver Mercedes pulled up and someone inside shot
at the group with what appeared to be a pellet gun or BB gun.
No one was hit, but the teenager got into his truck and searched for
the car, police were told. He found a silver Mercedes nearby, in the
4300 block of Townes Forest, and rear-ended the car, witnesses said.
Police spokeswoman Lisa Price said Russell was standing in front of the
Mercedes when it was knocked forward.
The youth in the truck fled but was taken into custody later that night
at his home. He remained in a Harris County juvenile detention facility
today, charged in the juvenile justice system with aggravated assault
with a deadly weapon.
Police did not disclose whether the two teens knew each other or
whether they believe Russell was involved in the initial incident on
Lucian. They said other people in that neighborhood had reported
recently that someone in a silver Mercedes had shot a BB gun or pellet
gun at pedestrians.
Dylan's organs were harvsted and given to dozens of others in need yesterday afternoon.
This is what I wrote to dylan on his myspace page...
dylan ....you may not have known me much as you got older, your uncle Chris and I lived so far away... but I thought about you and who you were becoming often. I talked about you and I remembered (some years better than others) your birthday and christmas I thought about the cards I selected and the gifts we gave. Gas money this year. You may not have really known me but you made me an aunt and that changed me. I love you and your loss will be with me forever on.
http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=70222813...
"I don’t have to keep up some great pretention I’m the most dignified, eloquent, elegant, perfect, smart-thinking, kind, generous person. I’m just a plain old human with a whole bunch of flaws.”-- Lily Tomlin
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and even though the perpetrator sounds like a stupid-ass little punk, I feel so sad for him too. Just a kid that made a very bad choice.
Again, I'm sorry for your family's loss.
"Macaroni - let me finish! - salad."
"Macaroni - let me finish! - salad."
filters for their choices- I have a feeling, it is intense so therefore it is good information, I immediately act- instead of I have a feeling I recognize the feeling I process it I make a decision about how to act based on my understanding of the consequenses and my responsibility for MY feeling."
Yes, that is something many teens need help with. When you put it that way, I then think about him "learning" this in prison? Yikes. Anyway my sadness is a lot of speculation. I hope he has a good family that supports him.
"And kowing all of this I am sad for him and angry with him at the same time. The whole thing is incomprehensible."
Yeah. I'm really sorry for your family. A young life cut short is so painful for all involved.
"Macaroni - let me finish! - salad."
Hugs to you and your whole family.
that's really tragic. I'll be thinking about you and those sweet pictures of Dylan that you posted yesterday.
hugs mama
"No matter how cynical you get it's impossible to keep up," Jane Wagner
i'm sorry for your loss. i'm feeling less sorry, though, for that kid. i thought it was an accident from goofing around, but he seems to have been acting out of rage.
"How nice--to feel nothing, and still get full credit for being alive." Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five
My heart is still breaking over this. I feel so bad for the other boy. Ugh. Why do these things happen?
so sad, so tragic, so unbearable. my heart goes out to you and your family, jubas. peace to all of you.
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He will most likely go to prison and that will change him. I know people who have been in prison it is really not exaggeratedly bad by their accounts. Another good example that teenagers have poor filters for their choices- I have a feeling, it is intense so therefore it is good information, I immediately act- instead of I have a feeling I recognize the feeling I process it I make a decision about how to act based on my understanding of the consequenses and my responsibility for MY feeling. And kowing all of this I am sad for him and angry with him at the same time. The whole thing is incomprehensible.
"I don’t have to keep up some great pretention I’m the most dignified, eloquent, elegant, perfect, smart-thinking, kind, generous person. I’m just a plain old human with a whole bunch of flaws.”-- Lily Tomlin