BEAUMONT, Texas — Officers with the Beaumont Police Department searched a home Thursday morning in Beaumont in connection with a recent shooting in Lumberton.
The most recent shooting in Lumberton happened last Friday, April 18, 2022, when the driver of a pickup truck, Raul Rebollar, 34, of Beaumont, was fatally shot by his passenger along Main St.
Beaumont Police Chief Jimmy Singletary confirmed that his officers are searching a home in the 700 block of Goliad but would not confirm if it was related to Rebollar's death.
More information will be released soon Singletary told 12News.
Rebollar was driving a pickup truck along Main St. when he was shot and killed allegedly by a backseat passenger according to the Lumberton Police Department.
Rebollar was driving an adult and two juveniles in the pickup truck headed north toward Silsbee along Main St. in Lumberton according to Lumberton Police Chief Danny Sullins.
At some point Rebollar and a backseat passenger got into an altercation and Rebollar pulled out a gun Sullins said.
The backseat passenger then pulled out a gun and fatally shot Rebollar according to Sullins.
The shooter and the juveniles were still at the scene when officers arrived and each told the same story of what happened in the truck Sullins said.
At this time, no charges have been filed because self defense may come into play, Sullins told 12News
This is a developing story. We will update with more if and when we receive more confirmed information.
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