System ‘failed’ 14-year-old Ball HS student killed in DWI crash involving parolee, parent says
Keith Brazier, 28, faces a murder charge after police say he crashed into a Jeep and killed 14-year-old Mason Nelson.
GALVESTON, Texas (KTRK) — Mason Nelson was supposed to spend Labor Day relaxed and focused on preparing to return to class the next day.
Instead, the 14-year-old Ball High School freshman’s life was taken not too far from the campus where he was just beginning to adjust to the typical teenage experience
Nelson died last Friday evening when the Jeep he was riding in with three other teens and an adult was hit by a white SUV, which was captured on neighborhood surveillance cameras speeding down the street.
The man behind the SUV, 28-year-old Keith Brazier, had just gotten out of prison on parole hours earlier, and Galveston police believe he was drinking and driving when Nelson was killed and two others in the Jeep were critically injured.
Brazier is now charged with murder, the latest count to a man’s criminal history that includes three prior DWI convictions. He’s being held on a $500,000 bond.
GALVESTON, Texas (KTRK) — Mason Nelson was supposed to spend Labor Day relaxed and focused on preparing to return to class the next day.
Instead, the 14-year-old Ball High School freshman’s life was taken not too far from the campus where he was just beginning to adjust to the typical teenage experience.
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Nelson died last Friday evening when the Jeep he was riding in with three other teens and an adult was hit by a white SUV, which was captured on neighborhood surveillance cameras speeding down the street.
The man behind the SUV, 28-year-old Keith Brazier, had just gotten out of prison on parole hours earlier, and Galveston police believe he was drinking and driving when Nelson was killed and two others in the Jeep were critically injured.
Brazier is now charged with murder, the latest count to a man’s criminal history that includes three prior DWI convictions. He’s being held on a $500,000 bond.
