Man Convicted in Fatal Stabbing of 11-Year-Old Houston Boy

Andre Jackson reacts after the jury found him guilty of the fatal 2016 stabbing of 11-year-old Josue Flores at the Harris County Criminal Courthouse in Houston on May 3, 2022. Godofredo A. Vásquez/Houston Chronicle via AP

HOUSTON—A man was convicted Tuesday in the fatal stabbing of an 11-year-old Houston boy as the child walked home from school in 2016.

Jurors deliberated for about three hours before finding 33-year-old Andre Timothy Jackson, guilty of murder in the death of Josue Flores.