Joseph Paul Wright was 46 when he was shot and killed after a late-night family confrontation in Pickens, South Carolina. On Thursday, May 14, 2015, he went to a residence on Bivens Street where a heated altercation involving him and his 17-year-old son escalated and a gun was introduced. Police were called around 11:45 p.m.; officers found Joseph wounded on the property and he was taken to Greenville Memorial Hospital, where he died in the early hours of May 15, 2015.

Authorities arrested and charged his son Joshua Wright with voluntary manslaughter and discharging a firearm within city limits. Reporting at the time described the incident as arising in the heat of passion and noted the shooting did not occur at the family’s own home. Joseph was remembered by family as a devoted husband and father who enjoyed fishing, gardening and the outdoors; he was buried at Plum Creek Cemetery in Pennsylvania.

If anyone knew Joseph, his movements that night, or has information about the events at the Bivens Street residence, please share what you know.