Suspect identified in Chad Herring homicide

More than three weeks after Chad Aaron Herring was gunned down inside a car on Roosevelt Street, Columbus police have identified a suspect in the slaying.

Police issued a murder warrant for 21-year-old Kevin Babe Henderson in connection with the Nov. 12 death of Herring who was discovered in a parked 2009 Chevy Impala near Brewer Elementary School. Herring, 32, was fatally shot in the head.

He was slumped over in the front seat of the car when police found him around 11:47 p.m.

Earlier that day, court documents show the Muscogee County Superior Court indicted Herring for failure to register as a sex offender.

A Florida Department of Law Enforcement’s website shows that Herring was convicted of lewd or lascivious acts with a child in Leon County on Oct. 19, 2000. The original charge was filed May 7, 2000 in connection with the rape of an 11-year-old girl in a bedroom of an unspecified residence.

After his conviction, Herring was sentenced to three years in prison and three years probation.

The recent indictment wasn’t the first charge on registering as a sex offender. He was charged with failure to register as a sex offender in 2011. He was sentenced to serve nine months in prison but was given credit for time served.

Anyone with information on Henderson should contact Columbus Police Sgt. K. Hudson at 706-225-4257 or the Robbery Assault-Homicide unit at 706-653-3400.

This story was originally published December 5, 2014 at 3:55 PM with the headline "Suspect identified in Chad Herring homicide."