Murder at family business in Rockingham - brother arrested

Rockingham County Sheriff's officers arrested a Weyers Cave man for murder Wednesday evening.

The office reports that at approximately 7pm Wednesday, olfficers received a call to respond to an alleged break-in at Mast and Brunk on Cottontail Trail just outside city limits in Rockingham County. When officers arrived 63-year old Ronald Brunk was found with a gunshot wound to the chest. Officers began CPR. Brunk was later declared deceased at the scene.

Rockingham Sheriff Hutcheson says their investigation revealed Brunk had been involved in a family dispute with his brother Richard, earlier.

Richard Brunk was taken into custody without incident at his home in Augusta County and has been charged. 

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