Posted 2:42 pm Thursday, February 21, 2013
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UPDATE: Suspect, victim in American Legion Post shooting had longstanding feud
UPDATE: THURSDAY, FEB. 21, 1:25 P.M.
Lt. Craig Sweeney, with the Henderson Police Department, confirmed today that an incident with a firearm occurred in December 1987 where Sunday's murder victim, Roy Lee Moore, was the suspect and Joe Watley, the accused shooter from Sunday, was the victim.
Police still investigating if the past incident played role in Sunday's incident.
FIRST REPORT: TUESDAY, FEB. 10:44 P.M.
Staff Reports
A Rusk County man who allegedly shot and killed another man Sunday morning at a Henderson American Legion Post is no longer in jail, according to the Henderson Police Department.
A Rusk County man who allegedly shot and killed another man Sunday morning at a Henderson American Legion Post is no longer in jail, according to the Henderson Police Department.
Joe Watley, the suspect in the fatal shooting death of Roy Lee Moore, posted a $150,000 bond and was released from the Rusk County Jail. The bond was set by Precinct 5 Justice of the Peace Joe Sorrells, according to police.
Moore, 53, of Henderson, was shot several times in his upper body about 12:20 a.m. at the post, 601 Sand St., while attending a function, according to a news release from the Henderson Police Department.
Several people were trying to save the man when EMS arrived, the release states. The man was taken to a Kilgore hospital because of his “rapidly declining condition” but died from his injuries.
Watley, 60, of Henderson, was attending the same function and is accused in the shooting.
Moore, 53, of Henderson, was shot several times in his upper body about 12:20 a.m. at the post, 601 Sand St., while attending a function, according to a news release from the Henderson Police Department.
Several people were trying to save the man when EMS arrived, the release states. The man was taken to a Kilgore hospital because of his “rapidly declining condition” but died from his injuries.
Watley, 60, of Henderson, was attending the same function and is accused in the shooting.
As the victim got up from a table to go to another area in the post, he was shot several times. An autopsy of the victim was ordered.
Watley was arrested in the 300 block of Garden Lane and booked into the Rusk County Jail for first-degree murder. Henderson Police Lt. Craig Sweeney said Monday that police are investigating whether a possible long-standing feud between Watley and Moore may have contributed to the shooting.
He has said if it is true there was a long-standing argument between the two, he does not know what could have rekindled it.
Watley was arrested in the 300 block of Garden Lane and booked into the Rusk County Jail for first-degree murder. Henderson Police Lt. Craig Sweeney said Monday that police are investigating whether a possible long-standing feud between Watley and Moore may have contributed to the shooting.
He has said if it is true there was a long-standing argument between the two, he does not know what could have rekindled it.
