A domestic dispute in Salem, Virginia, ended in a fatal shooting on the night of September 27, 2024. Emergency crews were called to a Hale Avenue residence at 9:08 p.m.; officers found 44-year-old Joshua Dwayne Dickson unresponsive with a gunshot wound and he was pronounced dead at the scene. The city recorded its first fatal shooting of the calendar year.

Police arrested 44-year-old Wilma Jean Jones of Roanoke County at the residence in the early hours of the following morning. She was charged with second-degree murder, use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, and is being held without bond while the investigation continues. Dickson, who lived in Vinton, is survived by a son, daughter, grandson, and twin brother and was remembered for making people smile and for taking pride in working on his vehicles.

If anyone has information about the events on Hale Avenue that night or knew Joshua, please share what you know.