{"id":435024,"date":"2025-12-09T06:45:21","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T06:45:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/435024\/"},"modified":"2025-12-09T06:45:21","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T06:45:21","slug":"houston-man-killed-protecting-wife-in-dallas-baby-shower-shooting-21-year-old-suspect-charged","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/435024\/","title":{"rendered":"Houston man killed protecting wife in Dallas baby-shower shooting; 21-year-old suspect charged"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A 21-year-old man is now in custody after a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/texas\/news\/fatal-shooting-verbazend-creations-event-venue-south-dallas-police-investigation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-absolute=\"true\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">shooting at a Dallas baby shower over the weekend<\/a> left one man dead and injured three others.<\/p>\n<p>Family members say 33-year-old Joseph &#8220;JoJo&#8221; Premeaux had traveled from Houston on Saturday to attend his niece&#8217;s baby shower at Verbazend Creations &amp; Event Venue in the Red Bird area of Dallas.<\/p>\n<p>JoJo Premeaux&#8217;s older brother, Paul, said Premeaux always looked up to him and that their bond remained strong despite living in different cities. &#8220;It just feels unreal,&#8221; he said, adding that his brother was known for his smile and sense of humor.<\/p>\n<p>Video from the event shows JoJo Premeaux   laughing with family just minutes before gunfire erupted. Relatives say a group of men entered the venue after being invited by a guest, and a fight broke out. During the altercation, one of the men shot JoJo Premeaux   in the heart as he tried to shield his wife.<\/p>\n<p>Police say five people were shot, including the alleged gunman. Authorities have identified the suspect as 21-year-old Jesus Torres, who was taken to the hospital for his injuries and later booked into the Dallas County Jail on a murder charge.<\/p>\n<p>Premeaux&#8217;s cousin, Hector, was shot in the head and is now in a coma. Family members say he was &#8220;the life of the party&#8221; before the shooting. &#8220;We took one loss,&#8221; Paul Premeaux  said. &#8220;We just pray it&#8217;s not going to be two.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Loved ones describe JoJo Premeaux   as a successful plumber, a devoted father of three, and a loving husband. The family previously lost their oldest brother to suicide and is now preparing to bury another just weeks before Christmas.<\/p>\n<p>Hector remains in critical condition at Methodist Dallas Medical Center. The other victims are recovering from non-life-threatening injuries. Police have not released additional details on the circumstances leading up to the shooting.<\/p>\n<p>\n        More from CBS News\n      <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 21-year-old man is now in custody after a shooting at a Dallas baby shower over the weekend&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":435025,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5130],"tags":[1596,4345,101,358,3187],"class_list":{"0":"post-435024","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston","8":"tag-dallas","9":"tag-houston","10":"tag-shooting","11":"tag-texas","12":"tag-tx"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115688265231091818","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435024","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=435024"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435024\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/435025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=435024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=435024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=435024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}