Desmond Nixon, a 35-year-old African American man from Beaumont, Texas, was killed on February 27, 2019. An autopsy found multiple gunshot wounds to the abdomen and chest. The shooting happened about 11:51 p.m. in the 5800 block of Picadilly Lane in Beaumont’s north end; Nixon was taken to St. Elizabeth Hospital and pronounced dead.

Court documents show three men — Jared Bias, John Cloud, and Michael Corbin — were arrested and indicted on murder charges in connection with the case. An eyewitness identified the three and said they arrived at the Picadilly Lane home, a disturbance occurred inside, and that Corbin shot Nixon multiple times before the men fled. Investigators say Nixon had been acquitted of capital murder in 2016 in a separate 2015 case, and detectives are examining any possible links between that history and his death.

Detectives continue to follow leads and are asking anyone with information to come forward. Did anyone in Beaumont see or hear anything in the area of Picadilly Lane that night?