Barroom Fight Ends in Murder-Suicide
A barroom altercation Friday in Beaumont between a man and a woman left both of them dead and a third man critically wounded, Beaumont police reported.
The incident began when the man entered the Longhorn Bar looking for his girlfriend. As a heated dispute broke out between the two, several patrons took sides, police said. A brawl ensued and the man pulled a gun and began firing wildly as people fled the bar, according to police dispatcher Debie Hudson.
Jim Cline, 51, a patron, was struck in the chest.
The woman fled and ran into a nearby trailer with her boyfriend in pursuit.
A SWAT team was called after shots were heard from inside the trailer. The team waited four hours before forcing its way in.
Both the man and the woman were found dead in what appeared to be a murder-suicide, police said. There was no immediate identification of the dead.
Cline was reported in critical condition at Loma Linda University Medical Center
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