Joseph Paul Russell III, 38, of Silsbee, Texas, was shot and killed during an altercation on November 7, 2022. The shooting happened about 8:30 p.m. in the 2600 block of Pine Park Drive, north of Silsbee, when an argument with another man, Lindsey Joseph Bertrand III, 44, escalated and Bertrand pulled out a handgun and shot Russell once in the chest. Russell was pronounced dead at the scene despite attempts to revive him.

Bertrand was arrested at the scene and charged with murder; he was held in the Hardin County Jail on a $500,000 bond set by Justice of the Peace Charles Brewer. The Hardin County Sheriff’s Office investigated the incident, ordered an autopsy, and reported the two men did not know each other prior to the shooting. Russell is survived by his daughter Layla Cordova, his parents Carolyn W. Russell and Joseph Paul Russell Jr., and siblings Jessaca, Lelani and Aliyah Russell.

Were there witnesses in the Pine Park Drive area who saw anything relevant that night?