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Mom says 2 people remain free for son's death
FOX 26 Reporter Abigail Dye spoke with the mother about what happened.
HOUSTON - Armina Bradley was heartbroken when police came to her door and told her Devonte Purdue, her 23-year-old son, had been killed.
"I remember feeling like you guys have the wrong house," she said. "It was devastating. He's my only son and he's my youngest child. So it was devastating trying to process that my son is gone."
It was August 13, 2020, when Darius Handsborough and an unidentified man went to Purdue's apartment at the Circle at Point Park Apartments near Copperfield, according to the district attorney's office.
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They say the two suspects thought Purdue had marijuana they could rob him of, and shot Purdue in the neck when he opened the door. They say there's no evidence that the two took anything from Purdue's apartment.
"So my kid lost his life for nothing, there was nothing even here to take," said Bradley.
She says while she's relieved to see Handsborough behind bars, she's still concerned about the suspect that was with him.
"There were two people at my son's door and only one person is paying for my son losing his life," she said.
Bradley said during the trial, she learned that there is a third party involved who set the whole crime up, and told the two suspects to go to Purdue's apartment.
"I do think that they should pay for their crime as well," she said.
Purdue was very close with his sister, and her children, his niece and nephew. Bradley says he was a hard worker, loved to game, and had a kind, giving soul.
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"It was a great loss to this world. I felt like he didn't have the opportunity to show us how great he could be, because he was taken from us," she said.
She wants to see the other people involved in her son's murder behind bars before someone else is put in her shoes.
"I do feel like if these two individuals are still on the streets, there will be other families that suffer," she said.
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