Shortly before 1:30 a.m. on July 4, 2024, Port Arthur police responded to a reported shooting at a garage apartment in the 3400 block of 6th Street. Officers found two men dead from multiple gunshot wounds: 22-year-old Alfred Glenn Scott Jr. of Port Arthur and 24-year-old Corneileous Jarod Jones of Cypress. One body was at the base of the apartment stairs and the other inside the residence.

A female tenant of the garage apartment made the initial 911 call, saying someone had kicked in the front door and that she was hiding in the bathroom during the intrusion. Neither Scott nor Jones lived at the address, and investigators have suggested they may have been recent acquaintances. Police are treating robbery or a violent transaction as possible motives and have identified several persons of interest, including the tenant, but no arrests have been announced.

Authorities asked neighbors to check security camera footage from midnight to 2 a.m. that night for suspicious activity or vehicles. If anyone has information about Alfred Glenn Scott Jr., Corneileous Jarod Jones, or the incident, please contact Crime Stoppers of Southeast Texas.