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Daughter of Slain Police Officer Does Not Hate Shooter, but Wants ‘Simply to Tell Him About Jesus’

Shelby Houston Prays for Suspect to Know Jesus

“I knew this day would come at some point in my life,” said Shelby Houston. “However, I didn’t think it would come so soon.” She said she had a lot of conversations with her dad about fellow officers who were killed in the line of duty.

During these conversations, Shelby never questioned that justice should be done. But when she considered the suspects, “My heart always ached for those who don’t know Jesus, their actions being a reflection of that. I was always told that I would feel differently if it happened to me, but as it’s happened to my own father, I think I still feel the same. There has been anger, sadness, grief, and confusion, and part of me wishes I could despise the man who did this to my father. But I can’t get any part of my heart to hate him. All that I can find is myself hoping and praying for this man to truly know Jesus.” This desire did not change, she said, even when she heard the suspect had survived.

Shelby joined others in describing her father as someone who loved his family deeply. He always supported her, she said, and was always there for her mother and siblings. “He really has dropped anything and everything for us,” she said. “Eighteen years with you, Daddy, was just not enough time.”