District Attorney Kim Ogg will join victims rights advocates in commemorating the loss of life in Houston’s first mass shooting 50 years ago this month and paying homage to survivors of crime and their families.

Background: In April 1973, Larry Delon Casey went on a rampage, shooting five people at random, three of them fatally. At the time, he was on probation for burglary.

Casey first shot and killed 86-year-old Beulah Davis as she stood in front of her home. He then killed 5-year-old Claire Patricia Jakubowski as she rode her bicycle in her driveway. He then fatally shot 10-year-old Jana Whatley as she walked home from Red Elementary School and wounded Lyn Tucker and Karen Kurtz, both 10, as they walked home from the same school. He was arrested soon afterward.

The event will highlight the rights and importance of victims in the criminal justice system and honoring the victims of the Red Elementary School shooting in April 1973. The event will be Thursday, April 27 at 2pm at Crime Stoppers of Houston, 3001 Main St., Houston. In attendance will be Kim Ogg – Harris County District Attorney; Rania Mankarious – Crime Stoppers of Houston Executive Director; Celeste Byrom – DA’s Office Victims Services Division Chief; Shirley Whatley – Mother of Red Elementary shooting victim; Lyn Tucker – Survivor of Red Elementary shooting; Bert Graham – Survivor and retired assistant district attorney; and Libby Hamilton – Victim Advocate, Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles.