PORT ARTHUR, Texas — Police are investigating the shooting death of a man at a Port Arthur apartment complex Friday night, according to the Port Arthur Police Department.
It happened around 7 p.m. at an apartment complex named The Pointe in the 1500 block of Poole Ave.
Officers with the Port Arthur Police Department responded to the complex in reference to an accidental shooting, according to Port Arthur Police Chief Tim Duriso. Responding officers found 23-year-old Myrick Rynell Taylor Jr., dead from a gunshot wound.
Jefferson County Justice of the Peace Marc DeRouen pronounced Taylor dead at the scene. He said an autopsy has been ordered.
12News crew was at the scene. A man was seen being escorted out of an apartment complex by officers. Duriso confirmed a suspect is being questioned by detectives.
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