Police: Son shot father to death in Willingboro

WILLINGBORO, N.J. - February 6, 2011

Police were called out to a home on the unit block of Pear Tree Lane at 10:45 p.m. where they discovered the body of 53-year-old Roderick Hunter. Hunter had been shot multiple times with a .38 caliber handgun and was pronounced dead at the scene.

23-year-old Christopher Hunter, Roderick's son, was arrested without incident at the home he shared with his father and mother. He has been charged with one count of Murder.

Investigators say the father and son had been involved in a domestic dispute just prior to the shooting.

The investigation is being conducted by detectives from the Burlington County Prosecutor's Office Major Crimes Unit and the Willingboro Police Department.

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