Friday evening in Beaumont, the regular hum of the city was shattered by a burst of gunfire at an apartment complex on Broadway Street — and by night’s end, 33‑year‑old Clarence Rosamore was dead, his life cut short in the 2300 block of 2317 Broadway Street.
The call came in just after 7 p.m., when officers from the Beaumont Police Department rolled up to the scene in the “Old Town” neighborhood. There, they found Rosamore suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. Paramedics and officers performed aid on site before he was rushed to a local hospital — where, tragically, he would not make it.
At the same time, 26‑year‑old Eleazar Stansbury was already in custody at the scene. After being interviewed by detectives, he was charged with murder and booked into the Jefferson County Correctional Facility.
Investigators say the probe is ongoing — officers are combing through witness statements, physical evidence and surveillance to piece together what led up to the violence. Anyone with information is urged to contact the Beaumont Police Department at 409‑832‑1234 or reach out to Southeast Texas Crime Stoppers at 409‑833‑TIPS (8477) or via www.833TIPS.com.
For friends, family and neighbors of Clarence Rosamore, the loss is immediate and profound. A life that had value, loved ones, routines and promise ended far too soon. Those who lived near the apartment complex say the neighborhood feels a little colder tonight — the safe familiarity of home replaced by a grim reminder of how quickly safety can be shattered.
In the quiet after the sirens, the apartment complex at 2317 Broadway Street sits under an eerie calm. Doors still shut, lights on in some windows, but the rhythm of daily life has been interrupted. For the community, it’s a moment of reckoning: gun violence isn’t just a headline — it has neighbors, it has faces, it changes people.
As detectives continue interviewing witnesses and gathering evidence, one thing remains clear: whether motive, circumstance or misstep, something changed in that moment, and a man’s life did too. The call for help is out — and those who have seen or heard something are now in a position to help restore a piece of that broken safety.
