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Man arrested for shooting an occupied house with a stolen shotgun

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A Kirbyville man has gone to jail after the Jasper County Sheriff’s Department said he fired shots from a stolen shotgun which hit a house occupied by people. Fortunately, no one was hit by the gunfire. It happened shortly after 5:00 Thursday evening on County Road 451, north of Kirbyville.

The report said deputies arrested 38-year-old Jeremiah Beck, and they learned that the shotgun had been reported stolen in Angelina County.

Beck was charged with Deadly Conduct and Theft of a Firearm. At last word he remained in the Jasper County Jail.

https://www.kjas.com/news/local_news/article_45427cd6-ce72-4849-a678-5177a892ca05.html