BEAUMONT — The Beaumont Police Department is investigating an officer-involved shooting stemming from an encounter with an armed man in the yard of a home, during which a woman and three-year-old child were also struck by gunfire, according to information from Sgt. Haley Morrow.
No officers were hurt.
It began at 11:02 p.m. Saturday when Beaumont Police responded to the area of Concord and Redwood in the north end of town after receiving numerous reports of shots fired, according to Sgt. Morrow.
When officers arrived, they encountered and engaged an armed man in the yard of a home in the 4200 block of Concord Road near Redwood Drive, according to Sgt. Morrow. The preliminary investigation has revealed that a three-year-old child and an adult woman were also struck by gunfire during the incident.
The man, woman, and child were transported to a local hospital for medical treatment. The child was subsequently flown by medical helicopter to a Houston-area hospital for further treatment and is in stable condition. The woman is stable and the man is in critical condition.
Detectives with the Beaumont Police Department’s Persons Unit, along with BPD Internal Affairs, the Jefferson County District Attorney’s Office, and the Texas Rangers, are investigating the shooting.