(Franklin County, Va.) – An arrest has been made in the shooting death of a Martinsville man.

The Franklin County Sheriff’s Office has charged Brian A. Spencer with second-degree murder in Saturday’s shooting death of 32-year-old Malcolm R. Ausborne of Martinsville.

The Franklin County Sheriff’s Office Emergency Communications Center received a 9-1-1 call about 3 a.m. from the Henry area of Franklin County. They responded to Spencer’s Dawnridge Lane home and found Ausborne dead in the doorway from an apparent gunshot wound. Witnesses said the two men had been drinking when an argument ensued and Ausborne was shot.

Spencer was arrested at the scene and is currently being held in the Western Virginia Regional Jail without bond.

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