Self-Represented Killer Faces Life Sentence | Beaumont News

Beaumont News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Aug 27, 2026 · 1m

A 23-year-old man, Treylyn Hill, just got convicted of aggravated robbery after allegedly stealing a rifle without paying, then firing shots at sellers who chased him—now facing life in prison. The drama began when he met sellers via Instagram at an Academy store parking lot, grabbed the gun, and sped off. As they followed, gunfire erupted on a freeway service road and later in a neighborhood. Wild twist? Hill fired his lawyer mid-trial and took the stand himself, arguing there wasn’t enough evidence or that his constitutional rights were violated—but the jury didn’t buy it. Now, the same…