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UPDATE: Name of Father and Son Involved In Lawrence County Shooting Released

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Update: 11:15 a.m.

The name of the man who died after shooting his father and turning the gun on himself has been released.

A press release from the Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office says Christopher Radulic, 20, died Saturday after an argument escalated between him and his father.

Lawrence County Sheriff Jeff Lawless says Radulic obtained a firearm Friday night and shot his father, Joseph Radulic, 55, once in the upper thigh and once in the upper torso.

He then shot himself in the head.

Both men were taken to the hospital.

Lawless says the son died Saturday morning.

The shooting happened on Lawrence County Road 15 about 11 p.m.

Joseph Radulic remains at Cabell Huntington Hospital in stable condition.


 

A man who shot his father is now dead after a self-inflected gunshot wound to the head.

Lawrence County Sheriff Jeff Lawless says the son obtained a firearm Friday night and shot his father twice, once in the upper thigh and once in the upper torso.

Both men were taken to the local hospital.

Lawless says the son died Saturday morning.

The shooting happened on Lawrence County Road 15 about 11 p.m.

The father remains at Cabell Huntington Hospital in stable condition.

Names are not being released yet.