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Beaumont police have arrested four suspects in connection with a drive-by shooting that left a home riddled with bullet holes and shell casings scattered across the street. The arrests came just hours after the incident, thanks to the department’s Real-Time Crime Center and some solid old-fashioned police work.
The shooting occurred Thursday evening around 8:09 p.m. on the 4100 block of Ector Avenue. According to police, multiple suspects arrived at the residence in a vehicle, opened fire on the home, and then sped away. One victim was sitting in her vehicle when she spotted the suspects with firearms. Her driver’s side door took a bullet, but thankfully she escaped uninjured. The home itself was also struck by gunfire.
Using investigative technology, the Beaumont Police Real-Time Crime Center quickly located the suspect vehicle in the 5000 block of Helbig Road. Patrol officers conducted a traffic stop and identified the occupants as 17-year-old Khailyn Delcambre, 21-year-old Cameron Mayes, 21-year-old Keith Malone, and 17-year-old Joshua Rebollar. Officers observed evidence in plain view inside the vehicle.
Detectives with the Criminal Investigation Division interviewed all four suspects. Rebollar faces charges of Aggravated Assault, Engaging in Organized Criminal Activity, and Unlawful Carrying of a Weapon. Mayes was charged with Aggravated Assault, Engaging in Organized Criminal Activity, and Failure to Identify as a Fugitive from Justice. Malone faces Aggravated Assault and Engaging in Organized Criminal Activity charges. Delcambre was arrested on an outstanding Jefferson County warrant for Solicitation of Murder, though investigators determined he was not with the other suspects at the time of the shooting.
All four were transported to the Jefferson County Correctional Facility. The investigation remains ongoing.
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