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Joseph Manuel

Case from Beaumont, TX dated Mar 24, 2026

Victim Details

Joseph Manuel

Male

Black / African American

Beaumont

TX

2026-03-24

31

Joseph

Manuel

07/14/2026

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In the early morning hours of Tuesday, March 24, 2026, the sound of gunfire shattered the quiet of a Beaumont, Texas neighborhood. Police were called to the 1900 block of Rafes Way around 7:45 a.m. for a report of shots fired. Inside a residence, they discovered the body of 31-year-old Joseph Manuel, who had been fatally shot.

The initial investigation quickly led detectives to a description of a possible suspect vehicle. Utilizing the city's Real-Time Crime Center and its license plate r ...
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