Salem saw its first homicide in a decade Tuesday afternoon, a shooting officials said occurred in a public place during broad daylight.

According to Salem spokeswoman Melinda Payne, a man opened fire on another man shortly before 3 p.m. during an argument in the parking lot of the Food Lion grocery store on Wildwood Road.

When police arrived, they found James Richard Fleshman Jr., 48, of the 6500 block of Wendover Road Northwest in Roanoke, lying in the parking lot, according to a release issued by the Salem Police Department. He had been shot multiple times and was pronounced dead at the scene.

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