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Deputies: Pasco Man Killed, 2 Hurt During Home Invasion

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Pasco Co. Sgt. Larry Engle secures a crime scene Thursday morning at 18234 Oxenham Avenue in Shady Hills.

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By LISA A. DAVIS | The Tampa Tribune

Published: October 16, 2008

Updated: 10/16/2008 11:23 am

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Pasco County sheriff's deputies have identified the man killed during a home invasion in Shady Hills this morning.

Cory Lynn Evans, 21, of Hudson, was killed at his cousin's home, 18236 Oxenham Ave., just before 5 a.m., sheriff's spokesman Kevin Doll said.

Another cousin, Kenneth Sheridan Evans, 25, of Shady Hills, was taken to a hospital with a gunshot wound, Doll said. Doll did not know his condition.

A third person was injured in the shooting, but Doll declined to provide his name, saying the man may be a suspect.

"There may be more suspects," Doll said.

Deputies have released no information on a possible motive or the weapons used.

Cory Lynn Evans' mother, Donna, said she thinks the shooting was about drugs and money.

Relatives say the young man was trying to get his life back on track and was not a bad person.

"He is a good person," said his sister Tasha Evans, 23, as she stood down the street from the crime scene. "He got caught in the wrong situation with the wrong people"

More than a dozen family members gathered on the dead-end street trying to make sense of what happened.

"He was a good person. He worked hard and had a good heart," said Duane Young, 42, Evans' maternal uncle. "He didn't have a violent bone in his body. He was at the wrong place at the wrong time. He didn't deserve to get shot in the head."

At 10:50 a.m. a large sport utility vehicle from the Pasco-Pinellas Medical examiner's officer arrived on Oxenham Avenue. Deputies lifted the yellow crime scene tape to allow the vehicle through.

Just before that, Young spoke fondly about his nephew and angrily about how he died.

He choked up, walked away for a moment and leaned on a nearby fence before returning.

"Cory was a good kid," he said, his voice thick. "He didn't deserve this."

Just before 11 a.m. a man sped up the road, stopped behind a cruiser, and jumped out of a black Dodge Ram carrying a black handgun and took it to deputies. One deputy radioed to someone and ran the crime scene with the gun.

Stay with TBO.com for developments.

WFLA reporter Chip Osowski contributed to this report.

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