Bill Text: TX HR713 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: In memory of Cesar Cortes.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-04-19 - Referred to Public Education [HR713 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HR713-Introduced.html
By: A. Johnson of Harris | H.R. No. 713 |
|
||
WHEREAS, Houston-area residents were shocked and deeply | ||
saddened by the tragic shooting death of Cesar Cortes on January 14, | ||
2020, at the age of 19; and | ||
WHEREAS, A senior at Bellaire High School, Cesar Cortes was | ||
the commander of the school's Junior Reserve Officers Training | ||
Corps Delta Company; he was killed in the JROTC supply room before | ||
drill practice when a younger cadet was showing off a handgun and | ||
pulled the trigger, hitting Mr. Cortes in the chest; the shooter was | ||
convicted of manslaughter in January 2021; and | ||
WHEREAS, Cesar Cortes was an outstanding young man who | ||
inspired others with his natural leadership ability; deeply | ||
patriotic, he had already enlisted in the U.S. Army; he was quiet, | ||
serious, and hardworking in school, and those who shared in his love | ||
and friendship were drawn to his kindness, sense of humor, and | ||
winning smile; and | ||
WHEREAS, The death of Cesar Cortes devastated his family and | ||
traumatized his school and his community; adding to the anguish, | ||
several individuals reported only after the fatal shooting that | ||
they had seen the younger cadet at school with the gun in his | ||
possession earlier on that terrible day; moreover, the campus had | ||
two previous instances of weapons possession reported in discipline | ||
data for 2018-2019, and in that period, more than two dozen cases | ||
were reported across the Houston Independent School District; and | ||
WHEREAS, Cesar Cortes planned to devote his career to the | ||
defense of his fellow Americans, and his life can best be honored by | ||
ensuring that no other family endures the heartbreak and loss that | ||
his loved ones have endured; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Cesar Cortes. |