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Man shot, killed on Ashway Cove in Newport News; son charged with murder

Police said Francis Dale Mullen, 68, died at a home in Hunters Glenn after his son, Francis Mullen II, shot him.
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NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — The Newport News Police Department said Monday that they arrested a man who is accused of shooting and killing his father on Friday, March 11.

Officers said Francis Dale Mullen, 68, died at a home in the 400 block of Ashway Cove, located in the Hunters Glenn neighborhood off Warwick Boulevard. Police said the shooting, itself, happened around 1:45 p.m.  

His son, Francis Mullen II, 35, is charged with 2nd-degree Murder, Maliciously Shooting in an Occupied Building, and Use of a Firearm in the Commission of a Felony.

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