LAWSON, Mo. (KCTV) - A Sunday evening domestic call quickly escalated to violence, the Missouri Highway Patrol reported. On Nov. 17, at 7:35 p.m., the Lawson Police Department was dispatched to a home in the 200 block of Montgomery Street for a domestic disturbance. They requested assistance from the Ray County Sheriff’s Office.

Missouri State Highway Patrol is investigating a domestic violence situation where a man and a child died in Lawson, Missouri.