A welfare check at a Newport News Avenue home in Hampton on a Saturday evening ended with the discovery that 73-year-old Arthur Jackson had been killed. Officers found Jackson in a back bedroom, unresponsive and covered in blood, suffering both gunshot and stab wounds.

Jackson’s 18-year-old grandson, Kyron Jackson, initially told officers the elder man was asleep but later let them enter. He then put his arms behind his back for arrest and admitted to stabbing and shooting his grandfather. Police recovered the knife used in the attack, and Kyron Jackson told detectives the gun could be found in the freezer. The killing is believed to have followed a domestic-related verbal altercation.

Neighbors described Arthur Jackson as kind and helpful, surprised by the violence. Kyron Jackson has been charged with second-degree murder and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony.

If anyone knew Arthur or has information about what led to that evening’s confrontation, please come forward to Hampton police.