PEMBROKE — A 16-year-old has been charged with murder after what lawmen say was a domestic dispute that occurred Monday night.
Gabriel Dixon, of 467 Paul Road in Pembroke is charged with first-degree murder and discharging a weapon within an enclosure to incite fear, according to a statement from the Robeson County Sheriff’s Office. He is being held in the Robeson County Detention Center without bond.
According to the statement, sheriff’s deputies responded about 6:55 p.m. to a call concerning someone being shot at the Paul Road residence. When they arrived, they found Jeffrey Briggs, 51, of that address, suffering from a gunshot wound. He was taken to Southeastern Regional Medical Center and died as a result of his injuries.
Briggs, who had recently moved to Robeson County from Winterville, Georgia, had been arguing with his girlfriend and that was when he was shot, according to the statement.
The Robeson County Sheriff’s Office Homicide and Criminal Investigation divisions investigated the shooting.
Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to call the Sheriff’s Office at 910-671-3170 or 910-671-3100.
