Beaumont Drive-By Leaves Home and Car Riddled With Bullets, Four Arrested

A Neighborhood Shaken on Ector Avenue

Beaumont police are crediting technology and solid police work for the arrest of multiple suspects accused of a frightening drive-by shooting that left a home with bullet holes and multiple shell casings littering a street. The incident rattled a quiet residential neighborhood and sent four people to jail, though by some miracle, no one was killed or seriously wounded.

Beaumont police said the shooting was reported shortly after 8 p.m. Thursday in the 4100 block of Ector Avenue. The preliminary investigation revealed that multiple suspects arrived at a home in a vehicle, fired numerous rounds at the residence and then sped away. A flurry of bullets pierced a home and a car, but no one was hit. One woman who lives near the site, speaking anonymously for safety reasons, said she initially mistook the gunfire for fireworks. "I thought it was firecrackers at first, but it just kept going," she said. "It sounded like an assault rifle... one shot after another."

A Close Call for One Bystander

One victim was sitting inside her vehicle when she saw the suspects with firearms. Her driver's-side door was struck by gunfire, but she wasn't injured. The scene afterward told the story clearly — shell casings scattered across the pavement, bullet holes punched through walls and a car door. It was the kind of violence that leaves a neighborhood on edge long after the sirens fade.

Police believe the shooting was targeted and isolated to that residence, but neighbors said they are tired of living in fear. One neighbor said, "We don't even walk the street anymore with our dog because we don't know if we're going to get hit by a stray bullet. I'm afraid for my boys... I'm afraid for my daughter. We don't feel safe." Whether a shooting is "targeted" or not offers cold comfort to families who share a block with the intended address.

Technology and Teamwork Lead to Swift Arrests

Using investigative technology, the Beaumont Police Real Time Crime Center quickly located the suspect vehicle in the 5000 block of Helbig Road. Patrol officers located the vehicle and conducted a traffic stop. The occupants were identified as 17-year-old Khailyn Delcambre, 21-year-old Cameron Mayes, 21-year-old Keith Malone, and 17-year-old Joshua Rebollar. Officers observed evidence in plain view inside the vehicle.

Detectives with the Criminal Investigation Division's Crimes Against Persons Unit interviewed all four suspects. Following the investigation, each suspect was arrested and transported to the Jefferson County Correctional Facility. Rebollar faces charges of aggravated assault, engaging in organized criminal activity, and unlawful carrying of a weapon. Mayes faces aggravated assault, engaging in organized criminal activity, and failure to identify as a fugitive from justice. Malone faces aggravated assault and engaging in organized criminal activity.

A Fourth Suspect and a Broader Warning

Delcambre was arrested on an outstanding Jefferson County warrant for solicitation of murder. Investigation revealed he was not with the other suspects at the time of the shooting and was found in the vehicle but is not believed to have been involved. He went to jail because of his outstanding warrant. The organized criminal activity charge, police noted, can apply when multiple people act together while committing certain violent crimes.

Officer Cesar Beattie, a Beaumont police public information officer, credited both technology and investigators for the arrests. "Technology is great, especially when it's used for public safety... but what makes it all happen is the detectives and officers being relentless when it comes to investigating these crimes," Beattie said. With two juveniles among those charged, the case raises uncomfortable questions about youth involvement in gang-style violence — and whether Beaumont's combination of real-time surveillance technology and aggressive detective work can serve as a lasting deterrent in neighborhoods that desperately want to feel safe again.