A family dispute in Midway, Georgia, on the evening of August 12, 2018, ended with the death of 43-year-old James McCray. Liberty County deputies responded about 7:30 p.m. to a Wilkins Road home after reports of a gunshot victim and found McCray deceased at the scene.

Investigators arrested McCray’s 16-year-old son, James E. McCray Jr., who was charged with his father’s murder and booked as an adult. He was denied bond and held at a youth detention center in Claxton. McCray Jr. pleaded not guilty at his February 2019 arraignment; court records from August 2019 show plea negotiations were underway. If convicted of murder, he faced a potential sentence of life in prison rather than the death penalty because he was a juvenile at the time of the offense.

Are there details about the altercation or witnesses that anyone in the Midway area can share?