(Pittsylvania County, Va.) – The son of a Ringgold man has been charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of his father.

Just after 9:30 Friday night, the Pittsylvania County 911 Center received a call from the 800 block of Neal Davis Road in Ringgold. The caller reported that a man had been shot at the home.

Deputies arrived and found 41-Year-old, David Christopher Long of Roxboro, North Carolina, dead of a gunshot wound. His son, Zackary Brandon Long, 22, of Neal Davis Road in Ringgold, was arrested at the scene and charged with murder. He will also be charged with use of a firearm in the commission of a felony.

Long is being held in the Pittsylvania County Jail without bond.

The body will be transported to the Medical Examiner’s Office in Roanoke to determine the cause and manner of death.

Investigators remain at the scene collecting evidence and interviewing potential witnesses.

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