Lieutenant Bobby Martin of the Halifax County Sheriff's Office said one of the men is described as being between 20 to 21 years old and standing 5 feet, 10 inches to 5 feet, 11 inches tall.
He was a black male with a dark complexion and was wearing a dark or rust colored Under Armour fleece coat and blue jeans.
The second person was described as being between 17 to 18 years old and standing 5 feet, 6 inches to 5 feet, 8 inches tall. He was further described as a black male with a medium complexion and wearing what was described as University of North Carolina blue fleece.”We would ask the public to pay close attention to the above descriptions, so as to identify suspects in this case,” Martin said in the press release, adding a cash reward is being offered by the Halifax County Sheriff's Office for information leading to the arrest of the suspects.
Major Bruce Temple said it is important that people remember where they may have seen people matching this description.
Temple said the men entered the house and fired one shot, which struck Brandon Tyrone Peterson, 29, in the upper torso. Temple declined to say what kind of weapon was used and said investigators are still trying to develop a motive in the killing. Other people were in the house in the 1000 block of Maple Street Extension when the shooting occurred but were not harmed.
The sheriff's office received a report of a person being shot around 11:45 p.m. Sergeant Greg Richardson and Deputy Travis Clark arrived and discovered Peterson had been shot and later died at Halifax Regional Medical Center.
Anyone with information is encouraged to call the sheriff's office at 252-583-8201 or Crimestoppers at 252-583-4444.
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