A domestic assault in the early morning hours on Tulane Drive in Clinton left 63-year-old Shelton Minor Thomas IV dead and his wife injured. Officers from the Clinton Police Department arrived at about 1:00 a.m. and opened a homicide investigation described by authorities as drug-related domestic violence. Their son, William Bradford Thomas, was taken into custody at a local hospital and was reported to be in critical condition; charges were pending at the time of the report.

The incident has left a family and community reeling after what was described as a violent outburst by an adult son that killed his father and wounded his mother. Few other details were released about motive, timeline before police arrival, or the mother’s condition.

If anyone has information about what happened on Tulane Drive that night or knew the family, please share what you know with the Clinton Police Department.