On the evening of Thursday, May 30, 2024, 28-year-old Jimmy Dee Hardwick was found suffering from an apparent gunshot wound in the 1600 block of Shula Drive in Hurt, Virginia. Deputies from the Pittsylvania County Sheriff’s Office arrived at about 8:15 p.m.; medical aid was given at the scene but Hardwick died and his body was taken to the Western District Medical Examiner’s Office to determine cause and manner of death.

Investigators say a person of interest fled before deputies arrived but was located during a search of the area and taken into custody without further incident. That individual was identified as 50-year-old Barry David Davis of Gretna. Davis was arrested and charged with murder; additional charges include shooting from a vehicle to endanger persons, possession or transportation of a firearm by a convicted felon, use or display of a firearm in the commission of a felony, and reckless handling of a firearm. Davis is being held at the Pittsylvania County jail without bond.

Are there witnesses or anyone in Hurt who saw what happened on Shula Drive that evening who can help advance this case?