A domestic argument in a Smyrna home turned fatal on January 29, 2021. Gregory Davison, a White man, was shot in the living room of his Sherwood Road residence late that evening and died at Wellstar Kennestone Hospital early the next morning.

Police say Davison’s 26-year-old son, Cannon Davidson, called 911 just before 11 p.m. and admitted to shooting his father with a shotgun. Cannon Davidson told detectives the pair had a verbal fight for 10 to 20 minutes and that the confrontation escalated when he said his father picked up a lamp and threatened to hit him; he described firing the shotgun in what he called self-defense.

Cannon Davidson was arrested, charged with murder, and booked into the Cobb County Jail being held without bond as proceedings began. Did anyone in the Smyrna area witness this incident or know the family and have information that could help explain what led up to the shooting?