BEAUMONT, Texas — Beaumont Police have arrested the man they say shot and killed another man during a weekend argument at a north Beaumont car wash.
Police arrested Bryant Keith Thomas, 36, of Beaumont, and are charging him with the shooting death of Herbert Bendy III, 47, of Beaumont according to a news release from the Beaumont Police Department.
Thomas, who police say got into an argument with Bendy at the Excellent Carwash on Haden Street on Sunday afternoon, is now in the Jefferson County Correctional Facility being held on a $1 million bond, according to the release.
Police say the argument and fatal shooting, which is the city's 11th homicide this year, resulted from an "ongoing feud" between the two men.
The fatal shooting happened in the 5000 block of Haden Rd., at about 4 p.m.
Investigators believe the two men met at a carwash near the scene.
During an argument, Bendy pulled out a knife. Soon after, Thomas pulled out a gun, fired it and fatally shot Bendy, officials said.
According to Beaumont Police, they questioned multiple witnesses.
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From a Beaumont Police Department / City of Beaumont / Jefferson County Sherrif's Department media / press release: