A shooting this morning in Hickory has left one dead and another person wounded.
The Hickory Police Department responded to a report of a vehicle that had driven off the roadway in the 900 block of Highland Avenue just before 3 a.m. The caller said two men were in the car and were suffering from gunshot wounds according to a news release.
Officers located the driver Eric Rhynhart, 42, and a passenger, Khalil Rhynhart, 20, in the car. Eric Rhynhart was transported to a local hospital. Khalil Rhynhart was pronounced dead at the scene.
The two men were shot while traveling north in the 500 block of Lenoir Rhyne Boulevard SE by a suspect or suspects that fired multiple rounds into the Rhynhart’s vehicle.
No suspects have been identified