BEAUMONT, Texas — The Beaumont Police Department have three homicide investigations that all happened within a few hours of each other last night.
Police say none of these deaths are connected. They believe the shootings were targeted.
Right now BPD is looking for 35-year-old Malcolm Haymond is wanted in connection to one of two shootings that happened Tuesday night. Police say Haymond is armed and dangerous.
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Police are also investigating a suspicious death on Broadway Street, which they believe could be the result of an overdose.
The third homicide investigation is a shooting that happened on Chasion Avenue where a Beaumont United High School senior, 17-year-old Ta'dran Carmon, was killed.
Police want the public to know that a homicide investigation doesn't necessarily mean that someone was murdered.
"When you hear us saying we're investigating a homicide, remember that we investigate all deaths as a homicide until we're able to rule those out," BPD Public Information Officer Carol Riley said.
Police are still investigating all three deaths that occurred last night.
"You know that one is likely, or possibly, gonna be an overdose," Riley said about the death of Eric Lydell Holman.
"The person is a suspect in that murder investigation and there is a murder investigation for their arrest," Malcolm's bond has been set at $900,000.
"This one is a homicide, most likely will be a murder," Riley said about Carmon's death.
Beaumont Mayor Roy West condemns crime, but say's Beaumont is safe.
"You know it can take one person to create chaos in a city of 115,120 people, and so it's not that we have a huge problem, but when it occurs, certainly families have been affected," he said.
As the city continues to try to make Beaumont an attractive place to move to, live in and raise families, West hopes a new surveillance system will help deter criminals.
"We just funded a real time crime center with Fusus. So we're adding technology., certainly personnel as we're able," said West. "I think the new technology is going to clearly make more impact. Because as we have more cameras out in the city. I think people will be less inclined to commit crimes."
Overall West wants Beaumont citizens to trust BPD to do their job.
"I just want to remind people that our police do an incredible job in terms of arresting people. When people commit the crimes, they are caught by Beaumont PD," he said.
Despite a busy night, Beaumont Police have a message to quell citizen's fears.
"These are isolated incidents. You know I don't want anyone to ever live in fear. Because the bad guys win when we do that," Riley told 12News.
BISD is offering counseling for students mourning the loss of Carmon.
If you have any information on these shootings, you are encouraged to call Crime Stoppers at 833-TIPS.
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This is a developing story. We will update with more if and when we receive more confirmed information.
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