
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: MONDAY, June 18, 1990                   TAG: 9006180225
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: A-4   EDITION: EVENING 
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DATELINE: AXTON                                LENGTH: Short

HENRY MAN HELD IN KILLING OF FATHER

Henry County authorities say a 28-year-old Axton man shot and killed his father outside their trailer late Saturday night.

George Thomas Finney, 57, died from shotgun wounds to his chest and back, according to sheriff's investigator K.W. Wescott.

The victim's son, Andrew Lee Finney, was charged with first-degree murder and use of a firearm in a felony, Wescott said.

Wescott said the shooting apparently was sparked by an argument between Finney and his son, who lived together in a trailer on Virginia 647.

George Finney left the trailer after the argument and returned around 11:30 p.m., when he was shot in the front yard, Wescott said. Finney ran to a neighbor's house and collapsed on the front porch. He died a short time later at a hospital in Martinsville, Wescott said.

Andrew Finney was arrested without incident at his trailer and was in the Henry County Jail Sunday in lieu of $10,000 bond. Authorities seized a 20-gauge shotgun they believe was used in the killing.

by CNB