Vernon Wescott

Police say they were alerted to the shooting about midnight via ShotSpotter technology, which put them near the intersections of North Elizabeth and Royal avenues. However, officers learned the shooting happened about a mile away in the 900 block of Thatcher Avenue. Officers found Vernon Wescott, 38, unresponsive inside the home, and he later died at a hospital. Police determined that shots were fired from outside into the home where Wescott was sitting in his living room watching TV. Police say the shooting appears to be targeted.