In the early morning hours of August 27, 2020, two people were found fatally shot at a residence on Peaceful Valley Road in Abingdon, Virginia. Trevor Alexander Sweat, 24, of Bristol, Tennessee, and 38-year-old Misty Dawn Bishop of Bristol, Virginia, were pronounced dead at the scene after deputies from the Washington County Sheriff’s Office responded around 6 a.m.

Authorities say the shooting grew out of a family argument at a home that had a history of police responses and was described as a nuisance house. When deputies arrived they found 29-year-old Albert Lee Ricketson of Abingdon armed; he dropped the weapon and was taken into custody. A juvenile at the scene was reportedly bitten by Ricketson and needed medical treatment.

Ricketson was charged with two counts of first-degree murder, two counts of use of a firearm during the commission of a felony and one count of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, and was held without bond at the Southwest Virginia Regional Jail as the case began to proceed. Does anyone have information about the victims, the property on Peaceful Valley Road, or the events that morning?