'Gone, but not forgotten'

In a social media post eight years and four months after the murder of a 21-year-old Port Arthur man, Port Arthur police reached out for the public’s help solving the case.

According to the June 14 post, “On February 14, 2014, at approximately 1:10 a.m., Port Arthur police officers were dispatched to the area of the 800 block of Ninth Street in reference to a man down. As officers arrived, they located black man, Eric Darnell Noel, who had been fatally shot and left to die in the middle of the roadway. At the time of his death, Eric Noel was wearing a white (durag), a gray-and-red fleece-type jacket, long black jean shorts and red low-type tennis shoes.”

PAPD asks anyone with information involving the murder of Noel to contact Crime Stoppers by calling (409) 833-TIPS (8477), submitting a tip online at 833-TIPS.com or download the P3 TIPS App. Tipsters will remain anonymous and may be eligible for a cash reward.