The suspect in the fatal shooting of a 23-year-old Beaumont man had not been handling a recent break up well according to court documents.
Court documents show that Troy Delano Cheek, 25, who is charged with the shooting death of Aaron Robert, 23, of Beaumont, had recently been broken up with by his girlfriend.
Evidence shows that Cheek was standing outside the bedroom window of his former girlfriend’s apartment at the West End Crossing apartments when the shooting happened late Saturday night, Feb. 24, 2024, according to a probable cause affidavit in the case.
Cheek admitted to police that he had fired a shot into the bedroom, according to the affidavit. A single 9mm shell was found on the ground a few feet from the bedroom window, the affidavit said.
Cheek’s ex-girlfriend told police that on Saturday night she heard a crash while in her bedroom and then noticed that Robert had been shot in the head.
She also told officers they had recently broken up and that he had not been handling it well, according to the affidavit.
Before the shooting Cheek had called her, she told police Saturday night, saying that when she told him to stop calling her he said, “I’m gonna show you.”
Cheek was also a suspect in a recent burglary of her apartment, the affidavit said.
Officers went to Cheek’s home in the 2100 block of Laurel St. and found him sitting on the front porch.
When they confronted him he yelled to his family saying not to let police search the house.
When detectives told his mother they were investigating a shooting she signed a consent form allowing them to search the house according to the affidavit.
After searching the home police found a purple SCCY 9mm handgun hidden in a compartment in a bathroom.
When detectives interviewed Cheek, he admitted shooting into the bedroom window at his ex-girlfriend’s apartment.
After a friend brought him home after hanging out with friends he took his mom’s car and drove to the West End Crossing apartments.
He told detectives that when he walked by the bedroom window he thought he heard Robert and his ex-girlfriend and became angry and fired through the window.
On Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024, Jefferson County Precinct One Justice of the Peace Naomi Doyle raised Cheek's bond from $75,000 to $850,000.
Doyle cited Cheek's criminal background saying he was a danger to the community in her decision to raise his bond.
Police: Suspect had recently been broken up with by girlfriend before shooting through her bedroom window, killing Beaumont man Saturday night
Police found a single 9mm shell on the ground a few feet from the bedroom window of the apartment.
2024 Cheeks
Why any woman would date this man is crazy.
I guess for some women an empty pussy is a crime in it's self.
Troy Cheek, 19, of Beaumont, was charged with injury to a child causing bodily harm, after the one year old he was babysitting fell off a bed March 7 in an apartment.
Jefferson County District Attorney Bob Wortham says Cheek noticed the baby was getting close to the edge, but Cheek didn't move her off, deciding instead to turn his attention back to the video games he was playing.
"A Nintendo game was more important than the safety of the baby," says Wortham. "Absolutely the wrong thing to do."
He was sentenced to five years in a Texas prison for injury to a child.
Babysitter blamed in the death of one year old girl
Troy Cheek, 19, of Beaumont, was charged with injury to a child causing bodily harm, after the one year old he was babysitting fell off a bed March 7 in an apartment. Jefferson County District Attorney Bob Wortham says Cheek noticed the baby was getting close to the edge, but Cheek didn't move...
Cheek's family tells KFDM/Fox4 News he was in an apartment with a three-year-old and a one-year-old, who were playing in a room. Cheek was in another room playing Nintendo. Family members say he heard a noise, went to check and saw that the one-year-old had fallen from a bed. They say he picked her up and gave her a bottle, thinking she was okay. She went to sleep drinking the bottle. He went back to check on her and she was unresponsive. Family members say the autopsy shows the girl died in her sleep and that CPS ruled the death an accident. He served two years on the child neglect charge.
UPDATED: Family of Troy Cheek Jr. sets the record straight about 2017 child neglect case
Relatives of Troy Cheek Jr. say they want to clear up misinformation about a criminal case of child neglect linked to the death of a one-year-old girl in 2017,
