Seven-Year-Old Dies As Result Of Shooting, Hickory PD Investigating Seven-Year-Old Dies As Result Of Shooting, Hickory PD Investigating April 22, 2021 A fatal shooting is under investigation by the Hickory Police Department. Yesterday at 11:12 p.m., the Catawba County 911 Center received a call of a shooting into an occupied vehicle. The incident occurred at the 1900 block of Tate Boulevard SE. Catawba County EMS, Hickory Fire and Hickory Police responded. Upon arrival, officers discovered that seven-year-old Zakylen Greylen Harris had an apparent gunshot wound to the neck area. Harris was transported to Catawba Valley Medical Center where he was later pronounced deceased. The vehicle was being driven by the child’s mother and there were also two other children in the vehicle at the time of the incident, ages six and one.