This article was originally published in The Examiner on Jan. 11, 2018.
By Eleanor Skelton
Staff Writer
A man died after being shot in the chest at a Port Arthur hotel Sunday afternoon.
The shooting happened about 4:47 p.m. Sunday, Jan., 7 in room 157 at the Port Arthur Inn in the 3800 block of Gulfway Drive, City of Port Arthur spokesperson LaRisa Carpenter said in news release Jan. 8.
Port Arthur Police officers responding to the scene found John Sinegal, 45, inside the hotel room with a single gunshot wound to his chest.
Paramedics arrived at the scene and took Sinegal to Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital, but he died on the way to the hospital, Carpenter said.
Detectives from Port Arthur Police Department’s Criminal Investigation Division said they found evidence and probable cause to arrest and charge Jeremy Mesa Bell, 32, of Port Arthur with manslaughter and felon in possession of a firearm in Sinegal’s death.
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