Good evening, Southeast Texas.
We start with the horrifying scene
for employees at the sawdust saloon.
Early this morning,
a man from Groves kicked out of the bar.
Then witnesses say he grabbed a gun
and opened fire in the parking lot.
Beaumont police recalled there around 2:00
o'clock this morning on Fannett Road.
Witnesses say Lonnie Cormier
threatened to kill several workers
and pointed his gun at them.
Cormier then fired off several shots.
Luckily, nobody was hurt and police were
able to arrest him and they found that gun.
Cormier is now charged with four counts of
aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
He was taken and booked at
the Jefferson County Jail.
The Jasper County Sheriff's Office announced
an arrest in connection with a series
of robberies at a game room in Kirbyville.
Deputies shared these pictures this week,
showing a suspect on two different
occasions robbing and then leaving the
field House game room in Kirbyville the
cameras there also catching his truck.
Deputies say they got a tip on Friday
after someone spotted that same truck
at a house nearby the game room.
They got a warrant and they
searched the home and the truck.
Inside the house.
They found 40 grams of methamphetamine,
along with scales and packaging
materials in the truck.
Used for the robberies,
they found another gram of meth in items
they believe were used to rob the game room.
As of right now,
nobody has been charged in
connection with the robberies,
but deputies have made two
arrests for the drugs,
a 23 year old man from Silsbee and a
49 year old woman from Kirbyville.
This investigation continues and
more charges could be coming.
Turn things over to the storm
trackers now to get a look at that
weekend forecast as we take a look
outside on our roofing.
911 skycam in orange,
81 degrees out there tonight.
I'm in the storm tracker center right
now with meteorologist Kerry Cooper.
Kerry,
it sounds like all week we're going to
have a chance for rain every single day.
Yeah,
we are actually beginning tomorrow.
More scattered though tomorrow,
but certainly picking up by
Tuesday in the middle of the week.
So be a nice dent putting that drought,
that's for sure.
And that's pretty quiet out there tonight.
Not expecting a whole lot tonight.
And as we head toward morning,
we could see a few showers.
At 81 degrees now under mostly cloudy skies,
80 in Beaumont 85 Orange 80 in Port Arthur.
Pretty comfortable out there tonight,
still quite muggy though later tonight.
There's your rain chances the
next three days 60% tomorrow.
Up to an 80% coverage Tuesday
afternoon into Wednesday.
Now what lies beyond these next three days?
We'll talk about a little bit later
in your storm tracker forecast.
All new here at 10 we are just a few
months out from the general election
in November and one local coalition
is working to get the Hispanic
population registered to vote Hpac
or the Hispanic Proactive Coalition
says Hispanic voters didn't have a
good turnout in recent elections.
12 news reporter James Grant spoke
with the Coalition's president about an
upcoming event that they are hoping will
get more Hispanic voters to the polls.
That's the goal Cam Daniel Cruz,
with Hpac, says the Hispanic population
in Jefferson County is growing,
and he wants to make sure everyone who's
eligible gets to the polls in November.
His event this Tuesday provides
all the necessary resources,
and it doesn't cost a dime.
We've noticed very, very low turnout
within the Hispanic population and
really just in Jefferson County,
H PAC President Daniel Cruz says
representation matters when it comes
to Hispanics and local politics,
which is why the coalition is
hosting its first voter registration
event Tuesday night in Port Arthur.
In our great country of America,
we have the right and privilege to to vote.
And so I think that many people
come here seeking those types
of rights and privileges.
And so if you can do it, then I.
I encourage you to get out
and cast that vote, Cruz
says. Hispanic voter turn out has been low.
He blames confusion over how to
register and how to cast your vote.
There's an enormous amount
of information being shared.
But is it being shared in the right
places, in the right locations?
And also, is there sufficient time?
You know, given ahead of time?
The deadline to register is October 11th.
He says it's not only important
that people register to vote in
November's election, but also future.
Local and school board elections
easy access and again just encouraging
them and and letting them know that
we'll have bilingual staff on on
hand so that way they can, you know,
ask those questions in Spanish if
that's the language that they feel
the most comfortable with. Alright,
I'll take a look. Here's all the
information for Tuesdays event.
It takes place at La Plaza
Garibaldi in Port Arthur,
and it will run from 6:00 to 8:00 PM.
Now. Anyone with questions about the
event can get in touch with H PAC
via the e-mail on your screen. That's
HP AC SET. X.com@gmail.com
James Grant 12 news.
All right, James,
some good information there.
Family and friends gathered today
at the Beaumont Art studio.
To celebrate the life of
a beloved local artist,
Kimberly Brown died unexpectedly
Tuesday at the age of 48.
Brown was a regular contributor to art
shows at the art studio in Beaumont.
She painted murals on walls and buildings
all over Beaumont and Southeast Texas.
Like this beautiful painting of
Frida Kahlo that can be found on
the corner of Natchez and Fannin,
Brown will forever be remembered
for her amazing eye and the way
she saw beauty on a blank canvas.
A big week ahead for officials in
Ivaldi this Wednesday they'll have a
meeting to discuss the potential firing
of school police Chief Pete Arradondo.
It would come exactly 3 months after
the Robe elementary school shooting.
The school district has
been pressured to fire him.
Many state leaders publicly blame Arredondo
for the delayed response to the shooter
who killed 19 students and two teachers.
Arredondo said he did not think he was
the incident commander on scene that day.
School officials will discuss
his termination on Wednesday,
August 24th.
Turning to the abortion debate tonight
as states like Texas tightened their
abortion restrictions in online dark
market for abortion medications is thriving,
according to a Wall Street
Journal investigation.
Many of these websites
are registered overseas.
They're separate from US based telehealth
operators that can prescribe abortion
pills in states where it's legal.
One site based in Kazakhstan,
says its abortion pill sales have doubled
since the Roe versus Wade decision.
The unregulated market creates many risks,
including the fact that.
Some of these pills could be fake.
Also,
people buying pills without a
prescription could potentially
lead to criminal charges.
Meanwhile,
the Texas trigger law essentially
banning all abortions is set
to go into effect August 25th.
That is this Thursday.
It makes nearly all abortions
in the state felony crimes.
Doctors who perform an abortion
could be facing life in prison
and fines up to $100,000.
The only exception to the trigger
law is if a woman's life is at risk.
New York welcomed its largest group yet
of asylum seekers coming from Texas today,
140 migrants arrived from the
Texas Mexico border.
It included ten children,
Texas Governor Greg Abbott is
sending migrants on buses to
New York to protest the Biden
administration's immigration policies.
Volunteers there are now scrambling
to make sure they have the resources
necessary to help those migrants.
We've opened 13 hotels
to increase our capacity, and we're
looking at every single option that we have.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams
issued an emergency solicitation.
He's seeking bids for up
to 5000 more hotel rooms.
New developments this weekend
in the Britney Griner case.
Former NBA star Dennis Rodman told NBC
News he's planning a trip to visit Russia.
Rodman has a history and
conducting informal diplomacy.
In 2014, he wrote a letter to North
Korean leader Kim Jong-un that led to
the release of an American prisoner.
Rodman says he's expecting it to
get to Russia as early as this week.