Andre Timothy Jackson Jr is a 27 year old former U.S. Marine from Houston, Texas. Jackson was discharged from the U.S. Marine Corps in 2011. Jackson was homeless and lived in a Salvation Army homeless shelter in downtown Houston since mid-April.

Murder

Andre Timothy Jackson Jr is accused of stabbing 11 year old Josue Flores to death on May 17, 2016.

Jackson was caught after Houston Police released surveillance video featuring a "person of interest." The 36-second video showed a man running down a street not far from the scene wearing a green jacket with a partially obscured word containing the letters "LYMEN" on the hood of the jacket.

The video brought a tip about another video, which led Houston Police investigators to Jackson. Jackson had the jacket with him when he was arrested on Friday June 3, 2016.

Houston Police initially charged a Che Lajuan Calhoun, a 31-year-old man with a long criminal history days after the killing, but that charge was dropped when detectives found evidence to support his alibi.

Houston Police were sure they had arrested the right person since Jackson's alibi could not be verified and that he "provided a statement that corroborated a lot of things we knew to be true and led us to believe we have the right guy."