Four young men held in fatal Fort Bend party shooting Victim shot after accused turned away from party, police say

Jaycee Jermaine Cotton, 17, is one of four young men from Houston charged in the fatal shooting of a teenager after they were turned away from a party July 20 in Fort Bend County. Jaycee Jermaine Cotton, 17, is one of four young men from Houston charged in the fatal shooting of a teenager after they were turned away from a party July 20 in Fort Bend County. Photo: Fort Bend County Sheriffs Office Photo: Fort Bend County Sheriffs Office Image 1 of / 6 Caption Close Four young men held in fatal Fort Bend party shooting 1 / 6 Back to Gallery

Four young men from Houston charged in the fatal shooting of a teenager after they were turned away from a party in Fort Bend County were in custody Friday awaiting trial on murder charges, a sheriff's office spokesman said.

Held at the Fort Bend County Jail in lieu of $250,000 bail each were Ramon McCarty, 17 ; Deshawn Jamound Jackson, 19; and Jaycee Jermaine Cotton, 17; all of Houston, according to Fort Bend County sheriff's Sgt. Brad Whichard.

The fourth suspect's name is being withheld because he is a juvenile, Whichard said.

The four are accused of murder in the shooting death of Harry Larose, 18, on July 20 at a party in Fresno. The sheriff's office gave the following account:

Larose was at a party in the 1000 block of Cove Crest that had been advertised on social media. As a result, many people arrived who were unknown to the party's host. The host began turning people away, angering the four suspects.

Some pulled handguns and fired shots, killing Larose, according to the sheriff's office.

McCarty, known to his friends as "Fool," was the last of the four to be arrested. Whichard said Fort Bend sheriff's detectives aided by the Gulf Coast Violent Offenders Fugitive Task Force, Houston police and the Texas Rangers arrested McCarty on Wednesday without incident at a residence in the 6900 block of Heatherbloom in Houston.