Jury convicts Paul Edward Westbrooks Jr. of murder in April 10 aggravated robbery that left two men dead

A jury in Jefferson County’s 252nd District Court found Paul Edward Westbrooks Jr. guilty of murder for his role in an April 10, 2023, aggravated robbery that left two men dead, the court record shows.

The verdict followed testimony from Beaumont police detectives, a forensic firearms examiner and a forensic pathologist who described surveillance footage, witness statements and autopsy findings that prosecutors said tied Westbrooks to the robbery and subsequent shootings.

Detective Saeve Serrong, with the Beaumont Police Department, testified that investigators recovered surveillance video showing a vehicle in the neighborhood near the 1830 Elgin address and that a tip led to footage from a second location. Serrong described interviews with witnesses and a woman identified in court as Shirley Jackson, who told investigators where two handguns and magazines…