Posted 3:45 pm Monday, February 18, 2013
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UPDATE: Henderson Police identify shooter, victim at American Legion Post
UPDATED: MONDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 3:38 P.M.
The shooter has now been identified as Joe Watley of Henderson. He is in the Rusk County Jail charged with first-degree murder.
No bond has been set.
UPDATED: MONDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1:58 P.M.
After an autopsy was performed, the Henderson Police have identified the victim as Roy Lee Moore
Staff reports
A Rusk County man was shot and killed Sunday morning at a Henderson American Legion Post.
A Rusk County man was shot and killed Sunday morning at a Henderson American Legion Post.
The 53-year-old Henderson man was shot several times in his upper body about 12:20 a.m. in the post, at 601 Sand St., while attending a function, according to a news release from the department.
Several people were trying to save the man when EMS arrived, the release states. The man was taken to a Kilgore hospital due to his “rapidly declining condition” but died from his injuries.
A 60-year-old man who was attending the same function is accused in the shooting, according to the release.
As the victim got up from a table to go to another area in the post, he was shot several times.
The accused shooter was arrested in the 300 block of Garden Lane and booked into the Rusk County jail on murder charges.
As of Sunday evening, the victim's identity had not been released pending notification of next of kin, and the accused shooter's name was not released pending his arraignment on Tuesday, the release states.
An autopsy of the victim has been ordered, and the investigation is ongoing.
A 60-year-old man who was attending the same function is accused in the shooting, according to the release.
As the victim got up from a table to go to another area in the post, he was shot several times.
The accused shooter was arrested in the 300 block of Garden Lane and booked into the Rusk County jail on murder charges.
As of Sunday evening, the victim's identity had not been released pending notification of next of kin, and the accused shooter's name was not released pending his arraignment on Tuesday, the release states.
An autopsy of the victim has been ordered, and the investigation is ongoing.
