Death by Cop – 2023
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Lee Austin Senegal Jr.
Case # :9
Gender : Male
Age :
Race : Unknown
Date : 12/31/2023
Location : 9600 block of Broun Street
City : Beaumont
County : Jefferson
State : Texas
Agency : Beaumont PD, Jefferson County SO, SWAT
Officer(s) :Unknown
Cause of death : Gunshot
Event : Suicide under police duress
Disposition : No Known charges
Open records summary :
Beaumont PD announced that a domestic violence incident occurred with a man driving from Beaumont, TX across the border into Louisiana and bringing a family member back by force. The man locked himself into the Beaumont home with the women he forced to come with him and 2 children, apparently part of a domestic crisis. The man was seen with a gun and dragging the woman into the home with him. Beaumont PD and SWAT arrived and surrounded the home, parking a reported 0-15 police and SWAT vehicles outside. SWAT busted doors and threw in flashbang grenades. When police went inside, they found Senegal dead from alleged suicide under police duress.