A family argument in Cockeysville, Maryland, on November 18, 2018, ended with 63-year-old William Leonard Howard Sr. fatally shot inside the family home on Cuba Road. The dispute began upstairs between Howard Sr. and his son, William Leonard Howard Jr., then continued in the basement where other family members heard a single gunshot. Emergency responders found Howard Sr. in cardiac arrest; he was pronounced dead at the scene from a gunshot wound.

According to reports, William Leonard Howard Jr., then 38, left the residence after the shooting but surrendered that same evening at the Cockeysville precinct and was arrested. He was charged with first-degree murder in connection with his father’s death. Few public details about the legal proceedings are available in the immediate aftermath.

If anyone has information about the events at the Cuba Road home on November 18, 2018, or knew the Howards, please share what you can.