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Lee Austin Senegal Jr.

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

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.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.12newsnow.com/article/news/crime/beaumont-man-commits-suicide-holding-two-women-hostage-barricading-himself-home-children/502-3c0622a5-396d-4aa7-99f5-1e91eaad3510