Marquise Leondre Tillman, 23, was found fatally shot near the roadway at the Pointe North Apartments in the 3700 block of Magnolia Street in Beaumont just before 10 p.m. on Tuesday, January 27, 2026. Emergency medical personnel pronounced Tillman dead at the scene; his death was the city’s first homicide of 2026.

Beaumont Police say preliminary findings link the shooting to a narcotics transaction that escalated into deadly violence rather than a random attack. Investigators have identified and interviewed all individuals believed to be involved, and several items of evidence have been seized for forensic testing. No arrests have been announced; police plan to present their completed investigation to the Jefferson County District Attorney’s Office and a grand jury.

Was anyone in the Pointe North Apartments or the surrounding area that night a witness to the shooting or to suspicious activity related to a drug transaction?