New Court Records Detail Deadly Northampton County Shooting Rampage

By Linda Cicoira

     More details have been disclosed through court records and other sources in the case of a Nassawadox man linked to the deaths of his mother and his girlfriend and other shootings in Northampton County on July 13. 

      Four people were injured, and Deputy A. Gaskins was struck in his bulletproof vest with a rifle round. In one incident, victims received a warning phone call, but moments later, and before they could leave their home, the suspect arrived, and the husband and wife were shot.  

      Forty-five-year-old Trevor Claude Henriques Jr. of Nassawadox, is being held in the Eastern Shore Regional Jail after being treated in an undisclosed hospital for his own injuries, which occurred after he shot at police officers who apparently returned fire. The extent of his injuries was not listed.

      So far, Henriques is charged with attempted premeditated murder of Deputy Gaskins, attempted premeditated murder of Deputy J. Smith, attempted second-degree murder of Edward Rowley, and attempted second-degree murder of Caitlyn Rowley. Henriques was also charged with being a violent felon in possession of a weapon.

    The two women who were killed were identified by Northampton Sheriff David Doughty as 70-year-old Katrina Henriques, the suspect’s mother, and 37-year-old Rebecca Knox, his girlfriend. Both lived in the Nassawadox area. Charges associated with those deaths have not yet been filed. 

     Additional charges are expected as the investigation continues, Doughty said. A motive has not been determined.

     The state medical examiner’s office said Knox died from multiple gunshot wounds. The manner of her death was listed as homicide. The cause and manner of Katrina Henriques’ death were not available. The medical examiner’s representative said they did not have a victim by that name.

    According to a relative of a patient at Riverside Shore Memorial Hospital, the facility was on lockdown while the suspect was being treated there. 

      Northampton’s General District Court arraigned Henriques via a conference call app while he was in the hospital on July 15. It was unclear if a magistrate or a judge had presided. According to the court file, the defendant said he was “foggy and unsure … if he had family in Accomack (or) Northampton counties. The defendant was unable to answer most questions at first. Then responses improved some,” according to the court record. Bond was denied. There were safety concerns.

     In 2001, Henriques pleaded guilty to burglary and grand larceny counts in Northampton Circuit Court. In early 2002, he was given a three-year suspended term for the crimes. Eight years later, Henriques pleaded guilty in Virginia Beach Circuit Court to possession of a firearm by a felon. There were no records to indicate whether he was sentenced for that. 

    Warrants stated that at nearly 5 a.m. July 13, Deputies Gaskins and Smith were summoned to a home on Randall Circle regarding an “unconscious and unresponsive subject.”  When they arrived, they observed the suspect outside of the residence with a rifle-style firearm. Henriques allegedly “shot at both deputies while they were in their vehicles. Gaskins was struck with a rifle round to his bulletproof vest. The suspect fled the scene in a white SUV. The officers then found Knox suffering from gunshot wounds at the threshold of the residence. She was taken to the hospital, where she died. 

     Soon after that, officers were called to Parallel Road in Birdsnest. Henriques is alleged to have shot two males and a female there at two residences. He is accused of shooting multiple rounds at police officers when they arrived there. He “was eventually shot and taken into custody,” the record stated. “Henriques was armed with an AR-style rifle, (a) semi-automatic pistol, and (a) knife.”

      At about 5 a.m., Edward Rowley was at his Parallel Road home when he received a phone call from “a third party telling him to leave … because someone was coming to shoot up the house.” Edward Rowley heard glass breaking a moment later. He “ran down the hallway and noticed the air conditioner in one of his rooms had been pushed through the window … Edward saw Trevor Henriques, whom he has known since they were children, reloading a firearm. Edward turned to run and was hit with a round …  Edward jumped out of the window of his residence and saw Henriques again, who (allegedly) shot him again as he fled.”

     Edward’s wife, Caitlyn Rowley, heard the phone call Edward received. She then heard gunfire and glass breaking, according to the court record. “Caitlyn went to the front door and opened the door. Caitlyn locked eyes with Trevor Henrique, whom she knows, who was standing outside the residence with a rifle. Caitlyn reported seeing Henriques smile at her. Then she turned and ran. As she ran away, Caitlyn heard more gunfire and believed she’d been hit by glass. Later, at the hospital, it was discovered that Caitlyn had a gunshot wound in her back.” 

     A person identified as CW#1 later called police and said Henriques called CW#2 and admitted to killing his own mother. Police found her at her home dead from a gunshot wound. “The residence shows evidence of a struggle,” the file stated. The second witness also claimed that “Henriques had a mental list of individuals to kill.”

     A GoFundMe page identified another shooting victim as Bernard Williams Jr., also known as “Buck.” He is in a hospital in Hampton Roads and “is now fighting a long road to recovery.” Charges for that shooting have also not been filed.