Son charged with father’s murder after man shot in Benson home [Video]

A son has been charged with murder after his father died in a shooting inside a home in Benson.

Kenneth Jake Dawson, age 20, was arrested.

Deputies responded to the shooting at 6:45 p.m. on Friday night. They found a man dead on the scene, along North Carolina Highway 242 near Railroad Road, according to the sheriff’s office.

The sheriff’s office said one person was detained at the time.

Braodcastify radio traffic captured updates from a dispatcher to Johnston County sheriff’s deputies on Friday evening.

“A woman [is] advising that her husband has been shot and they’re doing CPR now,” the dispatcher said.

“It looks like the son has shot the father six times,” the dispatcher said. “[She] said that the son is outside at this time.”

Dawson is due to appear in court on Monday. It’s unclear what led Dawson to shoot his father.

The investigation is ongoing.