Published: December 24, 2018

THE 22ND JUDICIAL DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IS ASSISTING IN AN INVESTIGATION IN WAYNE COUNTY AFTER A FATHER SHOT HIS SON SUNDAY AFTERNOON.  ACCORDING TO A PRESS RELEASE, AT APPROXIMATELY 2:20 P.M., WAYNE COUNTY SHERIFF SHANE FISHER CONTACTED DISTRICT ATTORNEY BRENT COOPER AND ASKED FOR ASSISTANCE IN INVESTIGATION WHICH BEGAN WHEN 47 YEAR OLD GREG BRATCHER CALLED 911 AND REPORTED THAT HE HAD SHOT HIS SON, 25 YEAR OLD JANSEN BRATCHER. RESPONDING OFFICERS FOUND MR. BRATCHER ATTEMPTING TO GIVE AID TO HIS SON, WHO HAD BEEN SHOT.  INITIAL REPORTS INDICATE THAT GREG BRATCHER WAS ACTING IN SELF DEFENSE WHEN HE FATALLY SHOT HIS SON.  NO CHARGES ARE BEING SOUGHT AT THIS TIME.  AN AUTOPSY AND OTHER FORENSIC TESTS HAVE BEEN REQUESTED.