Police: Two killed in Henderson shooting

When officers responded to 227 Harrell St., they found Tyheem Shabazz Person, 27, and Dyrel Jermal Kittrell, 28, dead of gunshot wounds. Devonte Jamal Jones, 21, was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment, but his condition was unknown Thursday.

Person lived in the house where the shooting occurred. The other two men were from Henderson.

Police haven't disclosed details of a possible motive or any suspects in the case.

The shooting is the latest in Henderson, which has seen four people killed in less than a week.

Last Friday night, Emmanuel Hargrove, 31, was shot and killed on Parham Road. On Saturday, an unidentified 14-year-old was found shot to death on Pinkston Street.

"As of late, we've had a share of shootings and deaths, and it concerns us," Mayor Eddie Ellington said Thursday. "We hear the citizens, and we want to let them know it hits close to home with us."

Town officials are organizing a forum where people can air their concerns about violence in Henderson to local police and officials, Ellington said.

"[We want] to try to get all the entities together and talk about ways we can try to curb all this violence ," he said. "We want the citizens to feel safe, and we want to let them know that we’re working to try to remedy this."

Anyone with information about the shootings is asked to call the Henderson Police Department at 252-438-4141 or 252-492-0202 or Crime Stoppers at 252-492-1925.

"We're all members of the community – police is the public, public is the police – and there's a partnership where we need to get that information from the public to assist us in these investigations," Henderson police Lt. Chris Ball said.