UPDATE: 2 killed, husband of late country music star Jean Shepard injured in Hendersonville attack

New details have emerged in a Hendersonville attack early Saturday morning in which two people were found dead, and the husband of the late country music trailblazer Jean Shepard appears to have been injured.

Sgt. Jim Vaughn of the Hendersonville Police Department said one of the deceased, 21-year-old Travis Sanders, died from a gunshot wound, and that police were not searching for a suspect in his death or in the stabbings of two others. 

The attacks took place at the Elnora Court home of Benny Birchfield, the 79-year-old husband of Shepard, who died at 82 in September.

Vaughn said police received a phone call about a stabbing at the home on the 200 block of Elnora Court around 3 a.m. Saturday.

He said when police arrived, a 79-year-old man was in the front yard of the home and wounded. The man, according to police, stated he had been stabbed. Vaughn declined to reveal the name of the man, but records show the address matches the residence of Birchfield, who is 79, and the former residence of Shepard. Birchfield, a musician, and Shepard had been married since 1968.

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Inside the house, where the attacks took place, police found Sanders, who was pronounced dead at the scene. Sanders died from a .38 caliber gunshot wound, Vaughn said. They also found 18-year-old Icie Hawkins, a granddaughter of Birchfield who was transported to a hospital where she was later pronounced dead. Hawkins was stabbed, police said.

Hawkins was living at the Elnora Court home, according to Vaughn, but Sanders did not reside there.

Vaughn said the 79-year-old underwent surgery for his injuries and that his condition is improving.

Officers interviewed the man and based on his account, and the conditions at the crime scene, they are satisfied that "the situation was contained at the house," Vaughn said.

"Everybody who was there was identified," he added.

Vaughn said the department does not have a possible motive at this point.

Shepard, a Country Music Hall of Fame member and member of Grand Old Opry for more than 60 years, got her start in the 1950s and emerged as a pioneer for women in country music. Her music is regarded as helping pave the way for other women country artists such as Loretta Lynn.

As a musician, Birchfield worked with legendary bluegrass act the Osborne Brothers. He also spent many years with Roy Orbison, first as a band member and then as Orbison's road manager and bus driver.

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Staff reporters Juli Thanki and Mike Reicher contributed to this report. Reach Joey Garrison at 615-259-8236 and on Twitter @joeygarrison. 

An earlier version of this story incorrectly referred to the assault as a triple-stabbing.