Benjamin Votaw is accused of killing his father, Kevin Votaw. Charged in connection with the deadly shooting of his Springfield father on Sunday.
According to authorities, a North Carolina man has been charged in connection with the deadly shooting of his Springfield father on Sunday.
According to Clark County Municipal Court records, Benjamin Votaw, 41, of Fayetteville, N.C., was arrested early Monday morning after surrendering to officers.
He was identified as an inmate at the Clark County Jail on Monday.
According to the Clark County Coroner’s Office, Kevin Votaw, 64, of Springfield, died on Monday.
According to a Springfield Police Department incident report, the shooting occurred around 9 pm Sunday in the 160 block of Willis Avenue, which runs north and south of East High Street.
Benjamin Votaw, Shooting And killing His Father, Kevin Votaw
Following the fatal shooting of his father inside his father’s house in Springfield on Sunday night, a North Carolina man has been charged with murder.
According to Clark County Municipal Court records, Benjamin Adam Votaw, 41, of Fayetteville, N.C., was arraigned Monday morning and given a $500,000 bond.
The Clark County Coroner’s Office announced Monday that Kevin Votaw, 64, of Springfield, was slain in a gunshot.
According to an affidavit filed Monday in Clark County Municipal Court, a woman identifying as Kevin Votaw’s daughter told dispatchers that her brother had contacted her to claim he shot their father after he “pulled a gun” on her brother’s girlfriend.
According to court records, Benjamin Votaw was apprehended early Monday after surrendering to officers.
According to the affidavit, the younger Votaw, a U.S. Army veteran, was visiting his father to introduce him to his fiancée. According to the complaint, they escaped in a black sedan after Benjamin Votaw fired bullets.
An automobile found in the 2900 block of Selma Pike was linked to the incident, according to a police spokesman.
According to the police incident report, the elder Votaw was discovered dead in his living room with an “unknown number of gunshot wounds.”
According to the affidavit, police did not find a firearm “anywhere near” the father during their search at the Willis Avenue home.
According to the affidavit, Benjamin Votaw told police in an interview at the Springfield headquarters that he was afraid for his girlfriend’s life and behaved “with force commensurate to what [he] needed to accomplish.”
Benjamin Votaw’s girlfriend refused to be interviewed by authorities.
The deadly shooting on Willis Avenue drew a huge number of Springfield police officers, and the small roadway was closed for the investigation.
A video released on social media and taken from an adjacent house showed ten police cruisers, as well as fire and EMS units, on the street.
A neighbor said he heard three bullets fired and then saw a car flee the site.
According to his Facebook page, Kevin Votaw has left Navistar. By Monday afternoon, news of his death had spread, and more than a dozen friends had posted tributes about him.
Benjamin Votaw Arrest And Charges
Benjamin Votaw faces a felony murder charge in connection with the fatal shooting of his Springfield father in his father’s home on Sunday night.
According to Clark County Municipal Court records, he was arraigned on Monday morning and given a $500,000 bond.
According to court records, Benjamin Votaw was apprehended early Monday morning after surrendering to officers.