STOKES COUNTY, N.C. -- A man is accused of fatally shooting his son-in-law in Stokes County, according to Sheriff Mike Marshall.
At about 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, Joseph Dwight Lawson was involved in a domestic dispute with his daughter at a home in the 1500 block of Sheppard Mill Road, Marshall said.
Lawson allegedly assaulted his daughter during the dispute.
The daughter's husband, 43-year-old Brian Sells, came home and was shot and killed by Lawson, Marshall said.
Lawson will be charged with murder and assault on a female.
Lawson is scheduled to appear in court Wednesday. No bond information has been released.
