Man shot helping daughter get belongings

DEWEY, Okla. (AP) -- A 55-year-old Dewey man died after being shot while helping his daughter move her belongings from her estranged husband's home. Roy Burton was shot around 12:15 p.m. Sunday.

Monday, January 24th 2000, 12:00 am

By: News On 6

DEWEY, Okla. (AP) -- A 55-year-old Dewey man died after being shot while helping his daughter move her belongings from her estranged husband's home. Roy Burton was shot around 12:15 p.m. Sunday.

Police were dispatched to the mobile home residence of Bobby Joe Ross, 36, in the Lakeshore Trailer Park in Dewey. Police found Burton with a gunshot wound to the left shoulder. He died later at a local hospital. Burton had accompanied his daughter, Christina Ross, to her estranged husband's home to get some of her belongings, police said.

Ross became agitated and requested that Burton and his daughter leave the residence, according to police. Burton was shot after he turned to leave. Bobby Ross was taken into custody and is being held in the Washington County detention center.