Almost two months later, we finally have an answer to why four victims aged 67 to 88 were brutally murdered in rural Halifax County, N.C. as they played cards: “gang-related” activity.
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According to WTVD, police believe that the home where James Harris, 88, Janice Harris, 72, James Whitley, 76, and Peggy Jo Whitley, 67, were murdered was targeted “specifically.”
ENFIELD NC – Quadruple murder victims identified in Halifax County home invasion https://t.co/KvteQ6kae6
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The two married couples were playing cards at a kitchen table when they were shot to death through a glass door.
Halifax County Sheriff Wes Tripp said in a statement that authorities “have reason to believe these cases are gang-related and the residence was specifically targeted.”
One neighbor, Coy Herbert, told WTVD that the senseless killings have been “hard to fathom.”
“[I]t’s not something that happens normally around here. We’re out in the middle of nowhere,” he said.
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While we know this may be gang-related, the person or people responsible are still at large, and there has been no mention of suspects.
Authorities are offering a $51,000 reward for information that leads to an arrest or arrests.
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