PORT ARTHUR, Texas — Police in Port Arthur are investigating what has become the fifth murder in Jefferson County since Sunday.
A 34-year-old Port Arthur man died early Wednesday morning after being shot according to Jefferson County Precinct Seven Justice of the Peace Brad Burnett.
Port Arthur investigators were sent to the Prince Hall Apartments in the 900 block of West 14th Street on the west side of the city just after midnight Wednesday Burnett told 12News.
The man was pronounced dead at the scene by Judge Burnett who has ordered an autopsy.
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This is a developing story. We will update with more if and when we receive more confirmed information.
