BEAUMONT, Texas — A 29-year-old man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison after pleading guilty to the fatal 2021 shooting of a man at a Port Arthur apartment complex.
Marcarius Jarvis Gerard, 29, appeared Monday morning before Judge John Stevens in Jefferson County's Criminal District Court and pleaded guilty to fatally shooting Steve Summerville.
(EDITOR'S NOTE: The above video first aired in June 2021.)
Stevens then sentenced Gerard to 25 years in prison as part of a plea deal.
He was indicted less than a month after the shooting in June 2021.
Initially police asked for the public's help in finding Summerville following the fatal shooting.
Police said at the time that Summerville had been shot several times on May 27, 2021, at the Avery Trace Apartments in Port Arthur.
He was taken to a Southeast Texas hospital where he later died as a result of his injuries.
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Editor's note: The video above is from a May 27, 2021 newscast
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