Staff Writer | October 17, 2025
Victim Brandon Raspberry, 32, was found dead in 2022; confession surfaced during psychological evaluation
NIXON – Authorities in Gonzales County are continuing to investigate the 2022 fatal shooting of Brandon Raspberry, a 32-year-old man who was found dead inside his trailer at the Lazy J RV Park in Nixon, Texas. The shooter, now 11 years old, confessed to the killing during a psychological evaluation in 2024, stating that he shot Raspberry after the man told him to “shut up.” The boy was seven years old at the time of the incident.
Raspberry had recently moved into the RV park and was employed at Holmes Foods in Nixon. His body was discovered after he failed to show up for work for two days. According to court records and media reports, the child did not know Raspberry personally and acted alone. The Gonzales County Sheriff’s Office confirmed the confession but, due to the boy’s age at the time of the crime, he cannot be criminally charged under Texas law.
The case resurfaced in October 2025 when Gonzales ISD sought and was granted a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction to prevent the child from attending school on any of its campuses. The district cited safety concerns stemming from the confession and the findings of the psychological evaluation, which reportedly documented a history of violent behavior.
The restraining order was approved by a judge on October 14, 2025, following a hearing in which school officials argued that allowing the child to attend classes would pose a risk to other students and staff. The child’s identity has not been publicly released due to his age.
Raspberry’s family has publicly called for changes to Texas law that would allow for accountability in cases involving very young offenders. His brother, Jonathan Fojtik, told reporters, “I couldn’t wrap my head around it,” describing the family’s ongoing grief and frustration over the lack of legal recourse.
The Gonzales County Sheriff’s Office has not issued a formal statement in response to recent inquiries. The case remains under legal review, and further proceedings are expected to determine long-term educational and custodial arrangements for the child.
CORRECTION: [Changed headline (10/17/2025 @ 8:32)]
The kid needs some kind of rehabilitation,instead of being rejected and or neglected because of what he did when he was 7 any kid is capable of squeezing the trigger,the question should be where did he obtain the gun and was it already loaded.They ought to be held responsible for that kids behavior at the time if the shooting,who knows they probably gave him the gun and said “here go shoot him”?
It’s really been the behavior since then that has been the major deciding factor. He had threatened to kill another student in his school as well. That is how they found out he had even done this in the first place. He also murdered some kittens or puppies and also strangled his Grandmother. He also s**ually assaulted a family member and other physical violent assault on other members of the family as well. I would have agreed with you had the shooting been the only isolated incident, but when you weigh in all of these other assaults, he is definitely a danger to the public. He needs serious hard core deep therapy. I’m not saying throw him away somewhere. I say long term in patient complete teardown and restructuring therapy. It works and it is possible he could become a functional member of society, but not now.