Suspect taken into custody after 6 hour manhunt; two people shot

Update 9:15 p.m. Sunday:  Silsbee Police Chief Dennis Allen tells KFDM News law enforcement officers took a suspect accused of shooting two people at a trailer park into custody at about 9:15 p.m. Sunday without any injuries to officers or the man investigators believe shot two people. The man has been indentified as Rodney Edward Herrington, 22, of Village Mills.

Herrington was located in a wooded area near Gentry Drive and Knupple Road where authorities had been searching for him since Sunday afternoon.  He's at the Silsbee Police Department and will be transferred to the Hardin County Jail.

  He's accused of shooting two people at a trailer park off Robinson Road and Gentry Drive in Silsbee at about 3 p.m. Sunday.   

  Both victims were treated and released at Christus Hospital St. Elizabeth for injuries from the shootings.  

  Chief Allen says the suspected gunman had changed clothing.  He came out of the woods without a weapon.  K-9 units are searching for the weapon used in the shootings. 

 Chief Allen says the suspect is denying involvement in the shootings.  The chief says authorities expect to charge him with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon or attempted murder.

  He says it's safe for families that had remained in their homes during the search to come out.

Earlier story

Hardin County Sheriff Ed Cain tells KFDM News his officers and Silsbee Police are searching for a gunman following the Sunday afternoon shooting of two people who received injuries the sheriff described as non-life threatening at a trailer park off Robinson Road near Gentry Drive.

Sheriff Cain says according to witnesses, a man in a green dually pickup truck dropped of a man with a gun near a residence and then drove away.

Witnesses say the man was carrying a weapon, possibly an automatic weapon, with a long barrel.

Sheriff Cain says according to witnesses, the gunman fired a number of shots at about 3 p.m. and struck two men before he ran south on Gentry Drive toward a wooded area. 

Sheriff Cain says the two victims received non-life threatening injuries and were taken by ambulance to a hospital.

The sheriff told KFDM officers received information the suspect might have been upset about a relationship that had ended with a woman.

The Sheriff's Office and Silsbee Police have set up a perimeter while they search for the gunman.  They're searching the woods near Gentry Drive and Knupple Road and the surrounding area.  The man in the pickup is believed to have left the area.

Silsbee Police Chief Dennis Allen says the gunman is described as a white man with a dark complexion, wearing camouflage pants and a dark shirt or no shirt.

The driver of the green pickup truck is described as a white man wearing a white t-shirt and shorts.

Law enforcement officers are using dogs and a helicopter to assist with the search.

KFDM has a news crew on the scene. Watch the KFDM Weekend Report for the latest on this breaking news story.