1 dead in Sutherlin mass shooting, 7 others wounded

By Edward Era Barbacena

Eight people were shot — one fatally — at a large party early Sunday morning in the Sutherlin community of Pittsylvania County, authorities report

It was about 1:30 a.m. Sunday when the 911 center in Pittsylvania County received a call that "rescue and law enforcement were needed at 1220 Kerns Church Road" in reference to multiple people shot, Devin Taylor, an investigator with the Pittsylvania County Sheriff's Office, said in a news release.

When officers arrive on scene, they found eight gunshot victims.

Jerome Jahiem White, 20, of Danville, died from the shooting, Pittsylvania County Sheriff Mike Taylor announced at a Sunday evening news conference. The body will be taken to the medical examiner's office for an autopsy to determine a cause and manner of death.

All victims were transported to the hospital. Two remained in the unidentified hospital Sunday afternoon, Taylor said, listed in stable condition.

The others received injuries that weren't life-threatening, Taylor said.