On the night of August 20, 2014, a domestic dispute that began in Fayetteville ended with a deadly gunfight at a home on South Whitehouse Road in the Whitehouse Community near Fayetteville. According to reports, 61-year-old Allen Ray Hill argued with his son, Samuel Hill, after Samuel had assaulted his own wife earlier that evening. The argument escalated into gunfire; Samuel shot his father multiple times, including at least one shot to the chest. Allen Hill returned fire and wounded Samuel in the hip.

Allen’s wife, Roberta Hill, escaped by climbing out a window and, arriving in darkness and fearing for her life, accidentally shot an arriving Washington County Sheriff’s deputy; the deputy’s wound was reported as non-fatal. Samuel Hill later went back to his Fayetteville home and was taken into custody there without further incident. Allen Hill was transported to Washington Regional Medical Center in Fayetteville and died of his wounds.

A key unresolved point for readers is the sequence of events that led to the deputy being shot by Roberta Hill in the confusion of the scene. Does anyone have firsthand information about what happened that night or knew Allen Hill and the family?