Police: No one sought in Wednesday double fatality

The Odessa Police Department released the identity of the two men found dead at 516 Wabash Ave. and said they are not currently looking for any suspects Thursday; however, they would not comment any further regarding the cause or circumstances of the deaths.

According to a news release from OPD, the men were identified as Macca Lynn Young, 46, and DJuan Larue Weatherspoon, 51. According to public records, both men lived at the address, but only Young was listed as the homeowner.

Odessa Police Deputy Chief Lou Orras said as of Thursday, police were not actively searching for any suspects in connection to the death of the two men.

“I don’t want the community alarmed … thinking someone is out there to harm them,” Orras said.

The cause of death for Young and Weatherspoon was still unknown Thursday and police would not comment on if they were working the case as a murder-suicide.

Both bodies were sent to Tarrant County for autopsy, but members of the Ector County Medical Examiner’s Office said they would not know the results of the preliminary autopsy until sometime Friday. However, a source familiar with the situation said the two men were found fatally shot.

The relationship between the two men was still unknown Thursday, but Orras said from the current investigation, police regard the two men as members of a household according to the Texas Family Code.

Section 71.005 of the Family Code states a household is “a unit composed of persons living together in the same dwelling, without regard to whether they are related to each other.”

The bodies were discovered Wednesday afternoon when Billy D. Hall, a coworker of Young’s, went to check on him when he did not report to his job at Permian High School.

Director of Communications for Ector County ISD Mike Adkins said Young had been a custodian with the district since 1993.

Upon his arrival, Hall said he noticed the door was slightly open and when he opened it, found Young face down on the floor. Hall said he immediately backed away from the doorway and called 9-1-1.

Young reportedly also had a second full-time job at Dollar General, 2025 E. Eighth St.

Information about Weatherspoon was sparse and a woman who identified herself as an aunt said the family would not comment on the situation until they at least heard about the preliminary autopsy reports.

Neighbors of the two men recalled Young as a man who was mostly quiet and would not cause harm to anyone, but said they did not know anything about Weatherspoon.

Living just a few yards away from the house where the two men lived, Clarice Hendrix said she had known Young since he was “old enough to go to school,” and that he went to school with her children.

Because he lived so close to her and had known her since childhood, Hendrix said Young would greet her every time he saw her by running over to her and would give her a hug and a kiss on the cheek.

“If you needed anything … he’d do it for you if he could,” Hendrix said.

When asked about Weatherspoon, Hendrix said she knew nothing about him, other then that he was cordial with her and would simply say “good morning” whenever she saw him. She said both men usually kept to themselves and the two were not known in the neighborhood for having parties or large amounts of people over at their house.

“I am so surprised,” Hendrix said. “I don’t know how to explain how I feel about this.”

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