UPDATE 5:30 p.m. Tuesday:
Henderson Police Chief Marcus Barrow identified the two victims who were found Tuesday morning in a car parked on a city neighborhood street.
Kentrell Venable, 18, was the driver of the car, Barrow said in a live interview during the 5 p.m. WIZS Local News broadcast Tuesday.
Quavon Champion, 20, was found in the rear passenger seat.
Police are still trying to establish a timeline to determine when the two were killed, but he said he believes they were shot in the car, which had been stopped on the side of Gholson Avenue.
The police are working with the State Bureau of Investigations, and Barrow said, “None of the victims live on that street. They came to that location, stopped in the road, on the side of the road.”
When asked about surveillance video, Barrow said, “We are currently looking through some of that information and some of that data.”
The suspect or suspects are believed to have been with the victims in the car, the shots were fired and then the suspect(s) left on foot.
If anyone has more information about this incident, please contact Henderson-Vance Crime Stoppers at 252.492.1925 or P3 app, call the police department at 252.438.4141, or on Facebook or Instagram.
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UPDATE 10:30 a.m. Tuesday:
Henderson police are investigating the deaths of two men whose bodies were found earlier today inside a car on Gholson Avenue.
In a brief press statement issued about 10 a.m. today, Police Chief Marcus Barrow said officers were dispatched to the 200 block of Gholson Avenue at 8 a.m. to check on a suspicious vehicle.
When officers arrived, they found two male individuals seated in the vehicle deceased from apparent gunshot wounds. Barrow said he believes the individuals were shot from inside the vehicle. The identities of the individuals have not been released, pending positive identification and notification of families.
If anyone has more information about this incident, please contact Henderson-Vance Crime Stoppers at 252.492.1925 or P3 app), call the police department at 252.438.4141, or on Facebook or Instagram.
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