Deputies responded to a number of violent incidents over years prior to father, son fatally shooting each other
WASHINGTON COUNTY, Alabama (WALA) A fatal encounter between a father and son in Wagarville all started after 32-year-old Kelvin Nicholas Coker allegedly shot his father’s dog Saturday afternoon.
Chief investigator for the Washington County Sheriff’s Office, Blake Richardson, says Nicholas Coker allegedly started shooting at four of the family dogs after one of them started messing with his girlfriend’s young child.
Two of the dogs were killed, one of them was his own, the other was his fathers.
“His brother said dad is going to be upset that you killed his dog and Nicholas allegedly pointed the shotgun at his brother and using choice language more or less told him to get off his property or he would kill him,” said Richardson.
Alabama father and son kill each other in fight over dog
Updated Dec 21, 2020;
An Alabama man and his son killed each other in a dispute over a dog, authorities said.
Washington County Sheriff Richard Stringer told WALA-TV that Kelvin James Coker, 60, discovered his dog had been shot on Saturday. The man then drove to the home of his 32-year-old son, Kelvin Nicholas Coker, who claimed to have killed the animal.
The older man shot first, shooting his son in the leg, and the younger man returned fire with a shotgun, Stringer said. Both men died from their wounds.
The sheriff called the family “very dysfunctional.”
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Authorities say an Chatom man and his son have killed each other in a dispute over a dog. Washington County Sheriff Richard Stringer says 60-year-old Kelvin James Coker discovered his dog had been shot on Saturday.
The man then drove to the home of his son, 32-year-old Kelvin Nicholas Coker, who claimed to have killed the animal. The sheriff says the older man shot first and then the son returned fire with a shotgun. Both men died from their wounds.
The sheriff calls the family “very dysfunctional.”
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Sheriff: Alabama man, son kill each other in spat over dog
December 21, 2020 GMT
CHATOM, Ala. (AP) An Alabama man and his son killed each other in a dispute over a dog, authorities said.
Washington County Sheriff Richard Stringer told WALA-TV that Kelvin James Coker, 60, discovered his dog had been shot on Saturday. The man then drove to the home of his 32-year-old son, Kelvin Nicholas Coker, who claimed to have killed the animal.
The older man shot first, shooting his son in the leg, and the younger man returned fire with a shotgun, Stringer said. Both men died from their wounds.