Over the weekend a disagreement led to shots being fired, and a stray bullet killed a horse in its nearby pasture.
Henderson Police Chief Marcus Barrow explained to WIZS News Monday that officers were dispatched for a shots fired call on Southern Avenue around 5 a.m, Saturday, Jan 23. He said there was a disturbance at 116 Southern Avenue and apparently an argument resulted in someone leaving the scene in a vehicle. That’s when an unknown suspect is believed to have fired at the departing vehicle as it headed up the street.
A stray bullet hit the horse in the temple and killed it nearly instantly. The ground around where the horse was discovered later, after daylight, was barely disturbed.
The horse was upwards of 300-plus yards, if not further, away. No intended malice towards the animal has been discovered.
Chief Barrow said the police are working backwards on this and trying to find out who pulled the trigger. It was dark at 5 a.m., and not only was the horse not discovered until later in the morning, but it was not immediately known where the shots were fired.
Since then, police have spoken to the renters at 116 Southern Avenue, and they have been helpful. Shell casings were recovered from the road in front of that address. Barrow said the incident is related to a feud that has been going on for a while.
Barrow said police are working diligently as the investigation continues to try to figure out who pulled the trigger.
Many in the community are heartbroken.
If anyone has more information about this incident, please contact Henderson Police through Henderson-Vance Crime Stoppers at (252-492-1925 or P3 app), call 252-438-4141, or make contact through Facebook or Instagram.