Beaumont Duo Indicted After Bullet Grazes Driver's Head on Corley Street

A bullet tore through a Beaumont driver's hat and missed his head by centimeters after gunfire struck his pickup truck on Corley Street, and now two men face felony charges in the case. A Jefferson County grand jury indicted 20-year-old Michael Doyle and 23-year-old Ray'darin Glaude, both of Beaumont, on August 19 for aggravated assault by recklessly discharging a firearm at a vehicle.

The shooting happened on July 16, when the victim was stopped at the intersection of South 5th Street and Corley Street, according to the Beaumont Enterprise. Beaumont police officers responded to the 3000 block of Corley Street at 5:55 p.m. that day, per an affidavit cited by the paper, and found the victim's pickup truck had been hit by bullets. An eyewitness said a gray Kia fled the area immediately after the shooting, and surveillance footage showed a dark gray Kia K4 speeding away from the scene.

License Plate Trace Leads to Suspect Within Hours

Investigators traced the vehicle's license plate to Glaude, according to police, and officers stopped the car and detained Glaude along with three passengers. All four were taken to the Beaumont Police Department for questioning. As KBMT reported, Beaumont Police took Glaude into custody within hours of the shooting after law enforcement databases linked his registered gray Kia K4 to neighborhood surveillance footage of the fleeing vehicle.

Footage reviewed by investigators confirmed the shooter was seated in the vehicle's front passenger seat, and police say firearm evidence found in the vehicle was consistent with evidence found at the shooting scene, with forensic testing later confirming that consistency. Doyle was seated in the front passenger seat, according to police.

Recording Contradicts Doyle's Initial Denial

Doyle initially denied being inside the car with Glaude during the shooting when questioned by detectives, per police. But an audio recording later showed Doyle admitted being inside the vehicle during the shooting, and police say he made comments implicating himself as the person who fired the gun. The station's report notes that Beaumont Police obtained an arrest warrant charging Doyle with first-degree felony aggravated assault on July 20, arresting him the next day after the recording contradicted his earlier statement.

Under Texas Penal Code § 22.02, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon is typically a second-degree felony carrying 2 to 20 years in prison and a fine up to $10,000, but specific aggravating circumstances — including discharging a firearm from a motor vehicle — can elevate the charge to a first-degree felony punishable by 5 to 99 years or life in prison, according to Varghese Summersett.

A Street With a Violent Recent History

Corley Avenue has seen severe violence before. In June 2025, Beaumont Police arrested a 47-year-old man on murder charges after a domestic dispute involving an ex-partner escalated into a fatal vehicular assault on the same street, Hoodline previously reported. That earlier case, along with this summer's Corley Street shooting, points to a pattern of gunfire-from-vehicles cases moving through Jefferson County courts — including the recent trial of 24-year-old Treylyn Hill, who faced aggravated robbery charges after allegedly firing multiple gunshots from a moving vehicle along Eastex Freeway while fleeing an armed confrontation.

The rapid identification of Glaude's vehicle reflects the growing reach of the Beaumont Police Department's Real-Time Crime Center, which had expanded to access more than 3,600 municipal, residential, and commercial cameras since launching in July 2024, according to KBMT. The system, which integrates license plate readers, body cameras, and voluntary business and residential camera feeds, has contributed to a reported 43% reduction in local auto thefts and has shortened investigative timelines from weeks to hours, the outlet reported. Following multiple violent incidents earlier this year, city leaders moved to fund expanding the crime center's camera network to cover every public park as part of the fiscal year 2027 municipal budget, according to KFDM.

Crime Trends Show Mixed Picture for Beaumont

Beaumont Police Department data for 2025 showed reported aggravated assaults dropped 17%, from 966 incidents in 2024 to 803 in 2025, while total violent crime declined 15%, from 1,245 to 1,057 reported cases. Even with that year-over-year improvement, federal crime data analyzed by KBMT indicated Beaumont's per-capita violent crime rate remained nearly three times higher than the Texas statewide average, with aggravated assault accounting for the largest share of violent offenses recorded across the Golden Triangle region.

It remains unclear what motivated the gunfire directed at the victim's truck, and bail amounts for Doyle and Glaude, along with scheduled court appearance dates in Jefferson County district court, have not been reported. The case adds to a string of recent Beaumont prosecutions tied to vehicle-related gunfire, including a case involving a teen shot outside a Golden Chick restaurant and another involving a man who confessed to a shotgun blast that cost his neighbor a leg.