This is horrible!
In what can only be described as a senseless act, that will wreck several families, one Houston man is dead, and another likely going to prison over a Christmas Day argument.
Per Click 2 Houston — 26-year-old Eric Burch, Jr. was gunned down by Zacchaeus Mitchell, after Mitchell decided that taking an L in their fist fight was unacceptable.
According ot reports, Burch Junior and Mitchell, got into a fight on Christmas Burch arrived to pick up the two kids he shared with Mitchell’s girlfriend.
Per court documents Burch Jr. got the best of Mitchell in a fist fight, causing Zacchaues to shoot Burch in the chest, killing him as his two young sons watched from feet away.
Burch Junior’s mother, Arletha Burch, said, “They are two wonderful kids. And they’re real, real nice kids. And he does all he can to take care of his kids and take care of his family and take care of people.”
Now his family will plan a funeral knowing that every Christmas celebration will come with a memory of their son’s death. His mother said, “It’s not supposed to happen no day. No matter whose kid this is, it don’t matter if it was mine or anyone else’s kid, this shouldn’t have happened at all.”
Burch Senior added, “Yes, Christmas will never be the same for us because every Christmas we’ll remember that God called him home on that day. We will celebrate every Christmas that on that day the life he lived and the legacy he left behind.”
Mitchell was expected in court early Tuesday morning to hear the charges against him, as he’ll likely face life imprisonment, unless he can prove self-defense.
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