A SHOOTING THAT STARTED IN WISE COUNTY VIRGINIA AND ENDED IN DICKENSON COUNTY HAS RESULTED IN THE DEATH OF ONE OF THREE BROTHERS. THE INCIDENT BEGAN YESTERDAY MORNING WHEN 60 YEAR OLD SHELDON MULLINS APPARENTLY CONFRONTED HIS TWO BROTHERS OVER A LAND DISPUTE. HE THEN PULLED OUT A 9MM HANDGUN AND SHOT ONE OF HIS BROTHERS IN THE FOOT AND ANOTHER ONE IN THE SIDE OF THE CHEST. SHELDON THEN GOT IN HIS TRUCK AND DROVE TO ANOTHER BROTHERS HOME, BUT HE WASN’T AROUND. HE THEN WENT TO A NEARBY HOME WERE HIS MOTHER WAS AND SEVERAL OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS. THEY WERE ABLE TO BARRICADE THEMSELVES INSIDE. VIRGINIA STATE POLICE SGT. MICHAEL CONROY SAYS A SHORT TIME LATER THEY HEARD A GUNSHOT FROM INSIDE THE HOUSE AND FOUND THE SUSPECT WITH AN APPARENT SELF INFLICTED GUNSHOT WOUND…..
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THE TWO BROTHERS ARE EXPECTED TO RECOVER. ONE HAD TO UNDERGO SURGERY AT A KINGSPORT HOSPITAL. SHELDON’S BODY HAS BEEN SENT TO THE MEDICAL EXAMINERS OFFICE IN ROANOKE FOR AN AUTOPSY. conroy.mp3