A man faces a murder charge after his arrest in the shooting death of his father-in-law after a domestic dispute at a home in East Rome on Friday.
According to the Rome Police Department:
Benjamin Tobias Cox Jr., 27, of 116 Hosea St., was arrested at 997 Hosea St., where the incident took place, and transported to the Floyd County Jail.
Cox and his father-in-law, 42-year-old Kevin Vaughn, were involved in a domestic dispute and police say Cox shot him, killing Vaughn.
Police were called to the home around 4:40 p.m. and found Vaughn, who was pronounced dead, and arrested Cox.
He was being held in the Floyd County Jail with no bond as of Saturday morning.
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