Mother pleads for answers in mysterious murder of her son


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OGDEN — Ogden police say Brian Housley is the victim of a drive by shooting that had nothing to do with him. His mom says there must have been someone else in the car, or others around who saw something, who now need to do the right thing and come forward.

Sometimes the pain of not knowing makes it seem impossible to move on.

"It's just, it never leaves and you think that you're never going to get to that next step," Darcie Housley said. "You hear about all these steps of grieving, and I feel like this just happened yesterday to me every day."

Darcie Housley says her son, Brian was kind and loving. He was only 28 years old.

"He was just friendly to everybody. He didn't care who you were, he was going to make you his friend," she said.

Which makes it all the more difficult to understand how he could be taken away so easily. Police believe that he was not the target of that November 2017 shooting. He was shot in the head, and investigators believe gang members were after someone else.

"It's hard to explain unless you live through it, but you know it's something that you just can't fathom, that you feel like he's been forgotten."

It's why she can't stop asking the questions, who did it? Who saw something during those early-morning hours, around the 900 block of 16th Street?

Darcie Housley hopes for answers in the death of her son, Brian Housley.
Darcie Housley hopes for answers in the death of her son, Brian Housley. (Photo: Mike Anderson, KSL-TV)

She's trying to keep the search going online using a "Justice for Brian" page. She's hoping someone will grow a conscience and share what they know. Darcie Housley says people often ask her if she can ever forgive.

"You just want them to say they're sorry and maybe, down the road. But nobody's even sorry. They don't even care," she said.

It's a tough question for her to answer with so much left open-ended.

"He didn't deserve to die that way," she said.

If you have any information that may help, you can of course call the Ogden Police Department. The Utah Cold Case Coalition is offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible.

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Mike Anderson often doubles as his own photographer, shooting and editing most of his stories. He came to KSL in April 2011 after working for several years at various broadcast news outlets.
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