JEFFERSON COUNTY — Two men are charged with murdering a woman who was on the phone with 911 when the dispatcher heard the chilling and disturbing sound of gunshots fired at the victim’s car, according to a probable cause affidavit KFDM News has obtained for their arrest.
Javeon Javon Blount, 25, from Port Arthur, and Demarcus Dewayne Elam, 28, from Humble, are charged with murder in the shooting death of a woman whose body was found at about 6:30 a.m. Saturday after her car crashed in the center median on Highway 73 east of Veolia, just outside of Port Arthur. The woman, Shameka Miller, 37, was from Arlington, Texas. Chief Deputy Donta Miller notified her family Sunday. They live in Mississippi.
Justice of the Peace Ben Collins Sr. signed the murder warrants and Sunday morning Magistrate Marc DeRouen arraigned Blount, setting bond at $1.5 million with conditions including no contact with the victim’s family or witnesses, wearing a GPS monitor with home confinement, and not possessing a firearm or ammunition. He’ll arraign Elam on Monday morning…