Shortly after eight o'clock authorities were called to a home on Route 698 in Bassett. He had been shot several times. Police say Oaks used to live at the residence with his 34- year old wife Denise and their two daughters. Denise's boyfriend, who was living at the residence, has been charged with the crime. Authorities say Oaks was with his daughters when he stopped at his former residence to pick up some clothing.
Police say that's when a fight broke out.
An aggressive campaign to keep a home for the mentally challenged out of a Rockbridge County residential area appears to have paid off. The Mental Health Clinic Advisory Board bought land near Glasgow in September. Residents of the subdivision want to know why the land was bought for more than three times the accessed value. VO-NAT Executive director Michael Gilmore says that sale price was not unusual because the county's assessed values are often lower than the price people will pay for homes or lots in Rockbridge. The county currently has a group home in Lexington, which also drew opposition.