BEAUMONT, Texas — The jury in the trial of a 23-year-old Beaumont man accused in the 2020 death of a man following an argument has been sent home after a key witness became ill.
The case, which will be reset, was to be heard before Judge Raquel West in Jefferson County's 252nd District Court.
Davion Mason, 23, is charged with murder in the shooting death of Tevin Moore, 26, at the Plymouth Village apartments in November 2020.
Moore died on his 26th birthday after being shot multiple times.
Opening statements had been expected to happen Tuesday morning. If found guilty, Mason had chosen to be sentenced by the jury.
A pathologist who was set to testify became very ill and the trial could not go forward without her testimony.
Mason, who admitted he shot Moore, was previously offered a plea deal in February 2022 that would have capped his sentence at 45 years but he rejected the deal.
Witnesses at the scene told police that Mason shot Moore after a verbal argument between the two escalated.
Mason fled the scene but shortly later called Beaumont Police from a few blocks away saying he wanted to turn himself in according to a probable cause affidavit
Mason is currently being held in the Jefferson County Jail on more than $1 million bond.
This is a developing story. We will update with more if and when we receive more confirmed information.
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