Godan River
June 9, 2015
A Danville contractor died after being shot multiple times early Thursday morning following a confrontation with three suspects trespassing on his property, according to the Danville Police Department.
Bennie Wesley Sigmon, 48, was shot in his driveway at 2081 Rocklawn Place. Police responded to the residence at about 4:20 a.m. Thursday. He was taken to Danville Regional Medical Center where he was pronounced dead at 6:53 a.m., according to a news release from the police department.
Police said Sigmon went outside to confront three men who were trespassing on his property.
Neighbor Kenneth Terry said he was asleep when the incident occurred, but his nephew, who sleeps in a bedroom next to Sigmon’s house, heard the gunfire.