Police identify victim, suspect in Burrville shooting

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Police have identified 25-year-old Tyronn Julius Hodges as the victim of a fatal shooting on 900 block of Eastern Ave., NE.

According to a police spokesperson, police were in the Burrville area last night around 7 p.m. when they heard gunshots. Upon police arrival, a woman approached them suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. Police then located Hodges’ gunshot riddled body in a car.

The woman was brought to a nearby hospital with non-life threatening injuries. Hodges was pronounced dead on the scene.

Police arrested Myshawn Dondre Allen, 23, on the scene and charged him with first-degree-murder while armed and assault with intent to kill.