Staff Report

CUMBERLAND - A 64-year-old Cumberland man was shot and killed during a domestic dispute Friday night on Iowa Road.

Guernsey County Sheriff's Deputy Sam Williams said Carl Jeffery King was fatally wounded by a small caliber rifle after initiating a violent altercation with his parents.

Williams said victim's mother called 911 at approximately 7:45 p.m. stating that her son had come home intoxicated and threatened to kill her.

While the 84-year-old woman was on the phone with a dispatcher, her son emerged from a bedroom with a handgun and began firing at her.

The woman's 85-year-old husband, was able to retrieve a small caliber rifle from the kitchen and returned fire. Williams said about a dozen rounds were fired between the two men before King was mortally wounded.

King died shortly after deputies arrived and the coroner was dispatched to the scene. The father was taken into custody but later released.

No charges have been filed. The sheriff's office believes the fatal gunshot wound was inflicted in self-defense.