A family argument on a Sheldon, South Carolina porch ended in deadly violence on the night of June 5, 2016. Sixty-one-year-old Ronnie Black was shot multiple times and suffered blunt-force trauma; investigators treated his death as a homicide. Another man at the scene was wounded by gunfire.

The Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office identified 35-year-old Joseph Brown, the victim’s son-in-law, and arrested him. He was initially charged with attempted murder and a weapons offense; later the charge was upgraded to include murder. Witnesses said Ronnie Black had a handgun during the dispute but did not brandish it at Brown. The argument reportedly began on the residence’s front porch.

At trial the jury acquitted Brown of murder but convicted him of attempted murder for the shooting of his brother-in-law, Greg Black, and of the weapons charge; he received a 30-year sentence and had been denied bond after arrest. Does anyone have information about the evening on Big Estates Circle or knew the people involved?