Callum Braxton Boggs, a 27-year-old White man from Afton, Virginia, was shot and killed on August 12, 2017 after a family dispute. The incident began with an argument between Boggs and his wife; Boggs left the home to remove himself from the tension, and his wife called her brother, Daniel Girlando, then 34. When Boggs returned that evening, a confrontation with Girlando ended when Girlando produced a firearm and shot Boggs.

Girlando was arrested and charged with second-degree murder and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony. His defense argued he acted in self-defense, portraying Boggs as the aggressor and citing alleged prior domestic abuse. The prosecution maintained Boggs was unarmed and that Girlando brought a gun and escalated the conflict. Witness testimony, including from Boggs’s wife and Girlando’s sister, conflicted on key points.

A jury declined to convict on murder and instead found Girlando guilty of voluntary manslaughter and the firearm charge; he was sentenced to a total of eight years in prison. Does anyone have information about the events that evening or about Callum’s life in Afton?