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Houston & Texas
Alen Selimic, 14, was killed in apparent drive-by shooting.
: Family photo
March 3, 2006, 2:19PM
Family racked by teenager's unsolved slaying
The Sharpstown High freshman was gunned down in backseat of car
By MIKE GLENN
Copyright 2006 Houston Chronicle
Sonja Selimic and her family left the former Yugoslavia more than a decade ago to escape the unrelenting warfare and bitter ethnic tensions plaguing their homeland.
They hoped for a fresh start in the United States when their long journey ended in Texas.
But Selimic's family was rocked again by violence Wednesday night when someone opened fire and took her 14-year-old son's life as he sat in a car on a darkened street in southwest Houston.
"I want to be a happy mother, but I must put my son in a grave," the grieving woman said Thursday, one day after her son, Alen, was killed in a still unsolved shooting in the 6400 block of West Bellfort.
Police said Alen was sitting in the backseat of a Dodge Neon about 9:40 p.m. when three men pulled alongside and opened fire. A single round entered the car just below the rear passenger window, striking the Sharpstown High freshman in the back.
Other friends drove Selimic to Memorial Hermann Southwest Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
"When he got there, he had no heartbeat and he had no pulse," said Arna Selimic, Alen's sister.
Police on Thursday didn't have a detailed description of the gunmen and were continuing to question the victim's friends. Some officers at the scene speculated that gang rivalry could have been a motive for the slaying — a theory that Selimic's father rejects.
"He was not in the gangs," Mirsad Selimic said of his son.
Alen was born in Bosnia and learned English after his family moved to Houston. He quickly assimilated into his adopted hometown.
"When people asked him where he was from, he would go, 'I'm from Houston,' because he loved Houston," Arna said.
Family members said Alen was popular at school and enjoyed spending his free time riding around with friends. Like most teenagers, his plans and ambitions for the future changed regularly.
"Once, he said he wanted to be a pilot and then he switched around and wanted to be a police officer," Arna said.
As she prepares to bury her son, Sonja Selimic said she hopes someone will come forward with the information that will put Alen's killer behind bars.
"I am a mom and my heart is broken forever," Sonja Selimic said.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the Houston Police homicide division at 713-308-3600 or Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS.
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TigricaX
zvrk hanuma
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Evo ukratko raja, da ne prevodim bas od rijeci do rijeci, dugo je...
Sonja Selimic i familija su napustili bivsu Jugoslaviju prije vise od deset godina da bi izbjegli rat i etnicko ciscenje koji su harali njihovom domovinom.
Nadali su se novom pocetku u Americi, gdje ih je put doveo u Teksas.
Njihov se svijet ponovo uzdrmao u srijedu navecer kad je neko otvorio vatru i ubio njihovog 14-ogodisnjeg sina koji je sjedio u autu, u mracnoj ulici Hjustona.
"Zelim biti sretna majka, ali sad moram pokopati svog sina" tuzna majka je rekla u cetvrtak, dan nakon sto je njen sin ubijen u nerazjasnjenom slucaju pucnjave.
Policija kaze da je Alen sjedio na zadnjem sjedistu Dodge Neon oko 21:40 kad su tri nepoznata muskarca parkirali pored i zapucali.
Prijatelji su odvezli Selimovica u bolnicu ali je proglasen mrtvim odmah pri dolasku.
"Kad su stigli tamo, nije imao pulsa, srce mu nije kucalo" - rekla je njegova sestra Arna Selimovic
Policija nije imala opis trojice osumnjicenih u cetvrtak i nastavili su da ispituje prijatelje zrtve. Neki policajci koji su bili na mjestu zlocina su izjavili kako je moguce da je to bio obracun bandi, sto familija poginulog odlucno odbija kao mogucnost.
"On nije bio u bandi" - tvrdi Mirsad Selimic, otac.
Alen je rodjen u Bosni i naucio Engleski u Hjustonu. Vrlo se brzo i dobro adaptirao u novoj sredini.
"Kad bi ga ljudi pitali odakle je, on bi rekao da je iz Hjustona jer je jako volio taj grad" kaze njegova sestra Arna.
Clanovi familije kazu da je Alen bio popularan u skoli, uzivao u voznji i provodjenju vremena sa prijateljima. Kao vecina tinejdzera, cesto je mjenjao misljenje o tome sta zeli biti u zivotu.
"Jednom je rekao da zeli biti pilot, pa je promijenio misljenje i rekao da zeli biti policajac" - kaze njegova sestra Arna.
Dok priprema sahranu svog sina, njegova majka kaze da se nada da ce neko dati informacije koje ce njegove ubice staviti iza resetaka.
"Ja sam majka, i moje je srce slomljeno" - Sonja Selimic je rekla.
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"Nema ljepše nade od one što je nikla iz tuge
i nema ljepših snova od onih što ih raða bol."
broj ispravljanja poruke: 1, zadnji put od strane TigricaX dana 03-05-2006 u 21:24.
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zvechka
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LanaMo
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pokretac teme 
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