Teen with special needs who died donated organs

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- The antheral who died successful a Harris County jailhouse aft a combat with his cellmate has donated his organs, according to his family.

On Thursday, Fred Harris' household lawyer shared the teen "did his past bully deed earlier passing," and his bosom went to a young idiosyncratic successful need.

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The 19-year-old with peculiar needs had his caput bashed connected the factual floor, and tribunal records besides accidental helium was kicked and stabbed by 25-year-old Michael Ownby.

The onslaught is conscionable 1 of galore reported to the jail, immoderate against offenders and others against guards. Now, the Texas Rangers said they are investigating.

Harris' household said the jailhouse is partially to blasted for his decease due to the fact that it is understaffed. In the meantime, Sheriff Ed Gonzalez issued the pursuing connection successful response:

"I americium profoundly grieved by the execution of Fred Harris astatine the hands of different idiosyncratic held successful our jail. His household has my sincere sympathy and committedness that we volition enactment with prosecutors to clasp his slayer accountable. While Mr. Harris' decease is the taxable of aggregate ongoing autarkic investigations, each denotation astatine this constituent is that staffing levels successful the jailhouse played nary relation successful this crime. It is existent that our teammates moving successful the jailhouse request much resources. I volition proceed moving with Commissioners Court to code moving conditions successful a

jail that remains earnestly overcrowded."

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A Harris County Sheriff's Office spokesperson explained they are successful the process of interviewing unit and inmates, and that interior affairs and the Office of the Inspector General are moving to find if policies and procedures were followed.