--- description: The young boy lost his little brother in the shooting title: J.J. Watt Visits 11-Year-Old Drive-By Shooting Victim image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # J.J. Watt Visits 11-Year-Old Drive-By Shooting Victim by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 29, 2015 12:28 AM CUT by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 29, 2015 12:28 AM CUT NFL star J.J. Watt visited[ a young drive-by shooting victim](http://www.click2houston.com/news/driveby-shooting-victim-11-visited-by-jj-watt-at-hospital/35537060 "undefined") in a Houston hospital on Monday. The young boy, 11-year-old Manuel Jimenez, was shot inside his home on Friday morning; his 6-year-old brother was killed in the shooting. It’s unclear why the shooters were aiming at the house, but officials said they could have been pursuing two older brothers in the family, according to local NBC affiliate KPRC. Jimenez’s family photographed the visit with Watt, a defensive end for the Houston Texans, and said that he was a big fan of both the player and the team. > [](https://twitter.com/KPRC2/status/648615185402368000) \[[KPRC](http://www.click2houston.com/news/driveby-shooting-victim-11-visited-by-jj-watt-at-hospital/35537060 "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4053260/j-j-watt-visits-drive-by-shooting-victim/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4053260/j-j-watt-visits-drive-by-shooting-victim/"},"headline":"J.J. Watt Visits 11-Year-Old Drive-By Shooting Victim","datePublished":"2015-09-29T00:28:14.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T11:20:22.469Z","description":"The young boy lost his little brother in the shooting","url":"https://time.com/4053260/j-j-watt-visits-drive-by-shooting-victim/","keywords":["Crime"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sarah Begley","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4053260/j-j-watt-visits-drive-by-shooting-victim/","name":"J.J. Watt Visits 11-Year-Old Drive-By Shooting Victim"}}]}] ```