HOUSTON – The family of Khaleel Reynolds experienced an emotional day for as they laid the 15-year-old boy to rest. “The last night we spent together, the last thing we did was pray,” said his mother Angelica Luna. Reynolds, who died after being electrocuted in a Houston hotel pool, was a star athlete with a bright future. “Everybody who came across him just loved him and there was a lot that shouldn’t have happened,” said Luna. The pool at North Villa Hotel where Reynolds died was not supposed to be open, KPRC 2 previously reported.

Family and friends came together Saturday night to hold a candlelight vigil for 15-year-old Khaleel Reynolds. He died after he was electrocuted while swimming in a North Villa Hotel swimming pool. The company reapplied in December of that year but was again denied a permit to open the pool. Reynold’s aunt Teresa Aviles said the family now wants the hotel and pool to be shut down permanently. A GoFundMe account has been set up by Reynolds’ family members.

HOUSTON A hotel pool in north Harris County where a teenager was electrocuted and died over the weekend should not have been open, according to exclusive documents obtained by KPRC 2. Saturday, family members say 15-year-old Khaleel Marcos Reynolds was swimming at a pool at North Villa Hotel and Banquet Hall off the north freeway near Richey. At the time, Harris County Precinct 4 Constables deputies said someone had removed the interior light from its housing, leaving the wires exposed. Harris County told KPRC 2 Tuesday that the hotel never had a permit for its pool. Inspection records from Harris County Health Department showed the hotel failed its initial inspection in July 2018.