Man claims self-defense
By Kevin Spradlin
PeeDeePost.com
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ROCKINGHAM — The man taken into custody within minutes after a fatal shooting early Tuesday afternoon in Rockingham has been released.
Authorities said the man claimed self defense. A source said the shooting victim, who later died of the single gunshot wound from a .22-caliber firearm, had threatened the man with a knife.
That’s when the shooter reached for his gun. It’s not known if the shooter was injured in the incident. Though exact details are not yet known, it’s been reported by multiple individuals that the source of the argument was about dogs on the property.
Officers with the Rockingham Police Department, personnel with FirstHealth EMS and volunteers with Richmond County Rescue Squad responded at 12:36 p.m. to a home in the 1600 block of Pecan Street, located off Richmond Road in Rockingham, for a report of a gunshot wound. Upon arrival, officers found the shooting victim on the back porch of a single-story home with a gunshot wound to the chest.
By 12:45 p.m., officers had the shooter in handcuffs heading towards the back seat of a patrol car.
Late Tuesday night, police said the investigation is ongoing. In an emailed statement to media, the Rockingham Police Department referred to the place of the shooting still as “the crime scene.”