SWANSEA, Mass. -- The father of a Tiverton man who was killed in an apparent murder-suicide said his son had gone to collect money for restoring an antique car when was killed.
Mitchell Stevenson, 37, of Tiverton, was found dead in a car on Stephen French Road, according to Yasmina Serdarevic, spokeswoman for Bristol County, Mass. District Attorney C. Samuel Sutter.
Serdarevic said that Stevenson was apparently shot by Christian Wilson, 43, of 375 Stephen French Rd. Wilson was found in his house dead from an apparently self-inflicted wound.
Mitchell's father, Michael Stevenson, of Tiverton, said his son, from whom he was estranged, had restored a Chevrolet Impala for Wilson and had gone to his house to collect money for his work. He said that rather than collect a percentage of the sale of the Impala, Mitchell had agreed to $5,000. He said the Impala is in a classic car museum where high end classics are auctioned.
"My son is really talented at what he does," Stevenson said. "Mitchell was the kind of guy who would help anybody. He did all that work for that guy and that guy was supposed to pay him."