Witnesses, surveillance and autopsies presented as Jefferson County murder trial moves to jury

BEAUMONT, Texas — Jurors in the 252nd District Court heard testimony, saw surveillance and autopsy evidence and received the court's instructions after several witnesses described events surrounding shootings at 1830 LG Street.

Prosecutors called Dijon Ivory, who had pleaded guilty in a related matter and was brought to testify. Ivory at times declined to answer on the stand; the judge warned him that giving false testimony could lead to an aggravated-perjury prosecution and told him, "If you lie today, you can go to prison." The court also advised that prolonged silence on yes-or-no questions could be treated as a denial for impeachment purposes.

The state also called Shirley Jackson, who testified she drove a white Ford Expedition the night of the incident and that she dropped three men off near the dead-end street. Jackson told jurors she later retrieved her phone, returned to the area and identified two men who later got back into her vehicle.…