HIGH POINT, N.C. — Police are searching for the person who shot and killed a 78-year-old man in his home in High Point on Thursday.
Investigators say officers responded to 801 Meredith Street around 8:14 p.m. for an unknown trouble call. When they arrived, they found William Franklin Morrison lying inside the doorway of his home with a gunshot wound.
“He was a harmless old man minding his business," the victims son of the same name, William Morrison Jr. said. "He got in a bad situation with somebody that it appears he knew, and they shot him.”
William Jr. said his father lived in that Meredith Street home for nearly 30 years, and everyone in the community loved him.
"He was a nice old dude, worked all his life," William Junior said getting choked up. "He worked all his life."
Police say they’re in the early stages of the investigation and no suspect information or motive is available at this time.
William says his dad was a people person.
"If you needed to borrow some money, he would have loaned you a little bit of money, you know, you pay him back or not."
William says the bullet went through his father's back. Police have not confirmed this.
William Morrison leaves behind three children and five grandchildren.
Anyone with information related to this investigation is asked to contact Crime Stoppers of High Point at 336-889-4000.
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