A long-running dispute over a shared driveway on Virgie Cole Road in Halifax County, Virginia, ended in violence on July 3, 2002. Walter Stanley Cole, 56, and his brother Thomas Wesley Cole were in a truck on the driveway when their neighbor and distant relative James Bryant Hudson, whose vehicle was blocking the path, approached. After a brief verbal exchange, Hudson retrieved a 12-gauge shotgun and fired through the windshield, striking both brothers. Walter and Thomas were killed by shotgun wounds to the head.

Hudson then walked to a nearby garden and shot Thomas’s wife, 64-year-old Patsy Ayers Cole. After the shootings Hudson fled the scene; a manhunt followed and he was arrested the next day. He pleaded guilty to the charges brought against him.

Does anyone have additional details about the dispute on Virgie Cole Road or knew the victims or family?