Tyler

One person is dead at the site of a shooting shortly before the 2 p.m. hour at 1705 Lenora Ave., police are telling TylerPaper.com.

Police received a call at 1:34 p.m. from a woman stating that her nephew had been shot and was dead inside the residence at 1705 Lenora St. Officers found a man in the den area of the residence -- identified as Gerald DePaul Little, 37, of Dallas -- with a gunshot wound to his upper right back.

Investigators located a gun inside the residence, according to a Tyler Police statement, and are continuing to interview possible witnesses who may have knowledge of what occurred.

Witnesses holding a neighborhood garage sale told a Tyler Paper reporter they saw two black men run from the house. They said they saw the men hurriedly get in a green car and flee the area. Witnesses said the men ran the stop sign at Van Highway.

Lenora Avenue dead-ends into Boulter Middle School in Tyler. Angela Jenkins, communications director for Tyler ISD, said the information she received from TISD Police, which is in contact with Tyler Police, was that at about 1:45 p.m. a shooting occurred in the neighborhood surrounding Boulter Middle School and that initial information indicated it appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

“The school was not placed on lockdown,” Ms. Jenkins said, noting, however, that precautionary measures were taken, including the notification of administration and moving the campus officer to the front of the school.

Tyler police now believe foul play could be involved.

Ms. Jenkins said shortly before 3 p.m., however, that Tyler ISD has received no new information on that situation.

TylerPaper.com will report additional details as they become available.

Updated Thursday, March 27, 2008 at 5:29 p.m. CDT

Reaction to shooting at 1705 Lenora Ave. in Tyler.
(Staff photo by Kenneth Dean)