Arrest made in murder of Scharonn Cole
Published 6:48 pm Thursday, February 7, 2019
An arrest has been made in the Dec. 2 fatal shooting of Scharonn LeRoyce Cole.
At 4:30 p.m. Thursday Herbert Clark Jr., 31, was extradited from Dallas to the Jefferson County Correctional Facility for the murder of Cole, 41, of Port Arthur, who had been shot multiple times. He was found in the 400 block of Fort Worth Avenue. Bond is set at $300,000, according to an employee at the jail.
Hours after the shooting, detectives with the Port Arthur Police Department received information about the identity of the suspect and Clark was arrested by Dallas Police Department on unrelated charges, PAPD Det. Sadie Guedry said.
While he was in custody Dallas detectives reportedly received information that Clark fled to that city after the crime. PAPD detectives immediately headed t Dallas to interview the suspect.
PAPD wants the community to know they have been working diligently on the case as well as other cases in an effort to put an end to the violent crime in the city.