Victim identified in fatal Christmas Day shooting

A man who was killed during a Christmas Day encounter with a neighbor at a North Side apartment complex has been identified.

Trevor James Beeman, 24, was shot to death at the Summit Apartments, 1955 Larkspur Drive.

Mason Sayer Lubitz, 28, is charged with murder in Beeman’s death, according to court records.

Two witnesses told police the incident began as Beeman had just finished walking his dog at the apartment. Beeman and one of the witnesses were walking up stairs to his unit when Lubitz opened his apartment door slightly, a police report states.

Witnesses told police that they heard Lubitz scream at Beeman, “You ruined my life. I hate you.”

Beeman turned and laughed at one of the witnesses as he continued up the stairs, and the witness thought Lubitz was joking, the report states.

Beeman, who was barefoot, then approached Lubitz’s door and knocked.

At that point, Lubitz shot Beeman through the doorway, witnesses said. And as Beeman was on the ground, Lubitz stood over him, witnesses told police. Lubitz fired his rifle at Beeman two more times before going into his apartment, the report states.

The Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Office listed the cause of Beemans’ as gunshot wounds to his neck and torso.

The witnesses ran inside their apartment and hid in a back room until police arrived, afraid that Lubitz would try to enter their apartment, police said.

Officers arrested Lubitz in his apartment. He was screaming, shouting and behaving erratically as he was taken to a police vehicle, the report states.

Investigators found the AR-15 style rifle on a bed in one of the rooms.

Lubitz was in the Bexar County Jail as of Tuesday with bail set at $200,000.