Patrick Houston Jr., a 21-year-old Black man, was the son of Memphis rapper Project Pat and Alicia Evans-Houston, and the nephew of Three 6 Mafia co-founder Juicy J. Friends and associates of his father, a longtime fixture of the local rap scene, offered condolences to the family after his death.
On the afternoon of Friday, January 10, 2025, police in Memphis, Tennessee, responded to a report of a shooting. At about 1:15 p.m., officers arrived in the Imogene Heights neighborhood at the intersection of Ketchum Road and Long Street, near Charjean Park. There they found Patrick Houston Jr. with an apparent gunshot wound. He was pronounced deceased at the scene.
For months, the investigation into Houston’s killing continued without any public announcements about a suspect. Then, in July 2025, authorities located and arrested 19-year-old Talia Jones in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on a warrant related to the case.
Jones was indicted by a grand jury on a charge of facilitation of first-degree murder.
Later, a second woman, 18-year-old Jermiesia Franklin, was also indicted. Prosecutors alleged that Franklin, who was 16 at the time of the shooting, was the person who pulled the trigger. The indictment charged her with first-degree murder, aggravated robbery, and tampering with evidence. According to the charges, Franklin killed Houston and then stole his cell phone. She was taken into custody in August 2025, and her bail was set at $5 million.
As of October 2026, the case against both Talia Jones and Jermiesia Franklin was still making its way through the court system. A court date for the two co-defendants was reset for December 9.
