Shortly after 2:15 a.m. on April 10, 2023, a home invasion and shooting occurred in the 1800 block of Elgie Street in Beaumont, Texas. Several people were in the residence when a group of unknown Black males entered the home; gunfire was exchanged and two residents were killed. Thirty-two-year-old Ahmad Hayden was pronounced dead at the scene. Thirty-one-year-old Roven Dotson was taken to a local hospital and later died of his injuries.

Within days investigators identified and arrested two Beaumont men. On April 12, 29-year-old Dijon Ivory was arrested and charged with two counts of murder; he had unrelated warrants for evading and resisting arrest. On April 13, 30-year-old Paul Edward Westbrooks Jr. was arrested and also charged with two counts of murder. Both were held in the Jefferson County Correctional Facility with high bonds, and later indicted on charges of capital murder by terror threat/other felony. The district attorney filed notice it would not seek capital punishment for Westbrooks at a July 12, 2023 hearing. Investigators stated the victims appeared to have been targeted rather than chosen at random.

Did anyone in the Beaumont area see or hear anything near Elgie Street that night that could help the families or investigators?