A family dispute over money in Prince George County turned deadly on July 14, 2018. Lathius A. Giles, 53, was found at his Sandy Ridge Road home with three gunshot wounds to the back of his torso and head after police responded at 10:33 a.m. The weapon recovered was a .380-caliber semiautomatic pistol.

Police identified his younger brother, Broderick R. Giles, 44, a Chesterfield County resident and local hip-hop artist known as B. Giles, as the shooter. During a police interview on the day of the shooting, Broderick admitted to firing but said he acted in self-defense, claiming Lathius threatened to kill him and their mother and was pointing a gun. Investigators presented evidence that after the shooting Broderick removed a gun from his brother’s pocket and placed it near Lathius’s hand; the brothers’ mother was in the home and likely heard the shots but could not witness events because of medical disabilities.

At a bench trial in Prince George Circuit Court, Judge W. Edward Tomko III rejected the defendant’s account as inconsistent with prior statements and the physical evidence. Broderick R. Giles was convicted of second-degree murder; sentencing was set for September 26. Have readers who knew the family or were in the Sandy Ridge Road area that morning come forward with information?