HENRY COUNTY, Va. – Henry County investigators are looking for a murder suspect who is on the run.

Dewayne Euvonne Austin Jr., 20, of Martinsville is wanted for first-degree murder and use of a firearm during the commission of a felony. He is a black male, 5′8″, 135 pounds.

Police say Austin shot and killed 41-year-old Lewis Javon Rumley of Fieldale on Saturday, just after 8:15 p.m.

The Martinsville-Henry County Emergency 911 Center received a call that a man had been shot in the parking lot on Blackberry Road in Bassett. Sheriff’s deputies responded and found the victim lying the ground.

Rumley’s body will be transported to the medical examiner’s office in Roanoke for an autopsy.

Austin is considered armed and dangerous and is believed to be carrying a handgun.

Anyone with knowledge of Austin’s whereabout is asked to contact the Henry County Sheriff’s Office immediately.