9-Year-Old Girl Allegedly Killed by Her Mother's Ex Loved Playing Basketball, Making TikTok Videos

Khylie Sorrells.Photo: GoFundMe

“She was an MVP star basketball player for [the] PAL basketball team in Houston,” the grieving mother wrote. “She loved making TikTok videos and loved her two sisters.”

Khylie died late Monday after she was shot in the head during an alleged domestic disturbance. Police identified her mother’s ex-boyfriend, 22-year-old Jeremiah Jones, as her alleged killer.

Khylie died less than a month before her 10th birthday. Her mother wrote that Khylie was excited to start fifth grade in the fall.

The station reports Sorrells told investigators she was in bed with Khylie and her other children, watching a movie, when Jones, who was out on bond for an evading arrest charge, arrived at her apartment, demanding that she return a television he believed was his.

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Jones allegedly first shot his ex-girlfriend in the shoulder before going into the bedroom, where he allegedly shot and killed Khylie before he fled.

Sorrells is expected to recover from her gunshot wound. Khylie’s sisters were also present in the home during the shootings, but were unharmed.

It was unclear Thursday what pleas, if any, Jones had entered to the charges pending against him. Information on his lawyer was also unavailable.

Prior to his arrest,Jones spoke to FOX 26, and denied having anything to do with Khylie’s killing.

source: people.com