Sister kills brother
By John Joyce
Published in News on September 21, 2014 1:50 AM
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Sheriff Larry Pierce, left, and other officers help emergency response workers at the scene of a fatal shooting Friday night at 347 Rose Road near Pikeville.
jjoyce@newsargus.com
PIKEVILLE -- One man is dead and a family is in mourning following a domestic disturbance near Pikeville Friday.
No one is expected to be charged.
Glenn Neal Rowe, 41, 391 Rose Road, died from a single gunshot wound inflicted by his sister, Jenny Rose, 39, of River Run Place.
Lawmen say Ms. Rose intervened between her brother and father, 85, during a dispute.
At 8:19 p.m. Friday, the Wayne County Sheriff's Office responded to a call of shots fired at 347 Rose Road. Once at the scene, patrol deputies found Rowe dead inside the residence.
"He came in the house, apparently intoxicated, and started arguing with his family. He went toward the father, who is in his 80s, and his sister defended their father," Maj. Tom Effler said.
Ms. Rowe pulled a handgun she owns legally and fired a single shot, mortally wounding her brother and preventing her father from being harmed, investigators said.
Sheriff Larry Pierce said he does not expect charges to be filed against Ms. Rowe.
"The investigation is continuing. At this point, we do not expect to charge her with anything, but we will present our findings to the D.A.'s office for their review."
Pierce said involving the district attorney's office is standard practice in cases such as these.
Rowe's body was taken to the state Medical Examiner's Office in Raleigh as part of the investigation.
A resident in the area, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said the news was surprising -- that Rowe was well-liked, although he was known to drink and to raise a ruckus from time to time.
"He was a good guy. He worked on our tractor. He worked on all the neighbors' tractors around here," the neighbor said. "It's wild. We live out on the back roads. Stuff like this just doesn't happen around here."