SIMPSON, N.C. (WITN) - Pitt County deputies this morning confirmed the name of a man killed in Thursday’s homicide in Simpson.

Family members told WITN yesterday that 58-year-old Rodney Hardy was shot in his home on Queen Street.

The shooting happened around 1:45 a.m.

Deputies have yet to release any information on a possible suspect in the shooting death or any motive.

Simpson’s mayor says this is the first deadly shooting in the village since he moved there 10 years ago.

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