Hickory Police are investigating a shooting that occurred late last night (December 8). At about 11:13 p.m. Wednesday, Officers responded to the 800 block of 1s
Seven-Year-Old Dies As Result Of Shooting, Hickory PD Investigating
Seven-Year-Old Dies As Result Of Shooting, Hickory PD Investigating
April 22, 2021
A fatal shooting is under investigation by the Hickory Police Department. Yesterday at 11:12 p.m., the Catawba County 911 Center received a call of a shooting into an occupied vehicle. The incident occurred at the 1900 block of Tate Boulevard SE. Catawba County EMS, Hickory Fire and Hickory Police responded.
Upon arrival, officers discovered that seven-year-old Zakylen Greylen Harris had an apparent gunshot wound to the neck area. Harris was transported to Catawba Valley Medical Center where he was later pronounced deceased. The vehicle was being driven by the child’s mother and there were also two other children in the vehicle at the time of the incident, ages six and one.
Hickory Police are asking for help in finding the people who shot and killed a 7-year-old boy on Tate Boulevard Wednesday night.
Hickory police held press conference on a shooting from Wednesday night that claimed the life of a 7-year-old boy.
Zakylen Greylen Harris died from a gunshot wound to the neck, according to a press release issued by Hickory police. He was a passenger in a vehicle driven by his mother on one of Hickoryâs main thoroughfares.
âItâs tough. We are here to ask for your help. We need your help. Someone out there knows what happened and we are asking anyone with any information to contact us,â Hickory Police Chief Thurman Whisnant said. âThis was a senseless act of violence ⦠The men and women of the Hickory Police Department will act tirelessly to see justice is brought to the coward that did this.â