An 18-year-old male has been charged with felony murder for the death of a 75-year-old pastor, who is also the mother of a Houston Police Department sergeant.
According to The Christian Post, Trenton Bevel struck Gloria Collins at a red light around 10:15 a.m. on Sept. 7 on Martin Luther King Boulevard, near Van Fleet Street. At the time, Bevel was driving a stolen Dodge Charger and being chased by police until they lost sight of him.
Collins, who was about two miles from her MacGregor Park-area home, was pronounced dead at the scene, The Houston Chronicle reports. On Thursday, Houston Police Chief Troy Finner identified Collins as the mother of an HPD sergeant. Two others were taken to the hospital with non-threatening injuries sustained from the crash.
One of Collins’ family members told KHOU that she served as a faith leader with the Church of the Living God. Jerry Burley, who knew Collins for 30 years and was her pastor for 15, said Collins “had so much talent it was unreal….
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