An elderly East Cobb man has been charged with shooting his son in a domestic dispute last weekend, Cobb Police said.
Cobb Police public information officer Sgt. Eric Smith told East Cobb News that Bernard Virgilio, 72, was arrested on four counts of felony aggravated assault on Sunday night during an argument with his son, Wesley Virgilio, 43, at the family home on Pauls Way.
That’s in the Barbara Estates neighborhood off Holly Springs Road near Davis Road.
Cobb Sheriff’s Office records show that Bernard Virgilio was booked into the Cobb Adult Detention Center late Sunday and he remains there without bond.
Smith said that Cobb Police were called to the Pauls Way home around 7:20 p.m. Sunday on a report that someone had been shot. Smith said that when officers arrived at the scene, they discovered Wesley Virgilio with gunshot wounds but that he declined medical attention.
According to Bernard Virgilio’s arrest warrant, he fired at his son four times with a .38-caliber Smith and Wesson revolver, striking the younger man in the right forearm and the back of the head.
Neither Smith nor the arrest warrant explained what the dispute was about, but Smith said the Cobb Police Special Victims Unit was called in because of the family relationship.
Smith said that the incident continues to be investigated and that anyone with information is asked to contact the Cobb County Police Department Special Victims Unit at 770-801-3470.
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