On March 19, 2024, 29-year-old Nicholas Hughes of Beaumont, Texas, was found fatally shot in an alley behind Ace’s convenience store in the 2000 block of Magnolia Avenue. The Beaumont Police Department opened an investigation and identified 35-year-old Beaumont resident Malcolm Jamall Haymond as a suspect in the killing.

A murder warrant was issued for Haymond and Precinct 1 Justice of the Peace Ben Collins Sr set bond at $900,000. Haymond surrendered on March 21, 2024, admitted to shooting Hughes, and said the shooting was in self-defense; he also apologized to Hughes’ family. A Jefferson County grand jury later indicted Haymond for murder, and he remains held at the Jefferson County Correctional Facility on the same $900,000 bond.

Hughes’ family chose cremation, and his ashes are being kept by loved ones. If anyone has information about the shooting or the events at Ace’s convenience store that night, please share what is known.