An apparent domestic dispute turned fatal this week outside a home on Heavenly Court in Simi Valley—leaving a 31-year-old man dead and his girlfriend's father in jail for the murder.

Bryan Sean Wall, 31, was shot in the neck in the early hours of Nov. 16. Harry Scribner, 65, was arrested on murder charges and is being held on $540,000 bail. A judge Tuesday postponed his arraignment until Mon., Nov. 24.

According to police reports, Scribner was awakened at 1 a.m. Sunday to pounding on his front door and immediately got his handgun. Police said Scribner found his daughter, Jamie Scribner, 29, and her boyfriend Wall outside.

After an "encounter" between the boyfriend and father—details haven't been disclosed—police said Scribner shot and killed Wall, a father of one, with a single shot.

While Scribner shows no history of trouble with the law, Wall has had his share of run-ins.

In 2004, a restraining order was filed against Wall after an alleged domestic dispute between him and his sister-in-law, Nichole Johnson, according to Ventura County Superior Court records.

Wall was also convicted of felony possession of a controlled substance in 2002 and 2004 and was given separate sentences of 30 and 45 days in jail.

Ventura County criminal records show that in 2001 Wall was convicted of carrying a loaded firearm in public and resisting or obstructing a peace officer. A charge of carrying a switchblade knife was dismissed in 2006.

Many of the residents in the cul-de-sac track on Heavenly Court are familiar with each other. Cameo Estates is a quiet neighborhood with 10 sprawling homes, many of which have flagpoles posted in their lawns. One neighbor, Chris Lane, was awakened by his dog after the gunshot.

"Police were running up our street to the house and you could hear screaming from the daughter," Lane said. "The body was in the center of the driveway."

Lane said he and his family felt uneasy around the Scribner house.

"There's a lot of weird people around, and you judge a person by the way they are, the company they keep," said Lane, who added that nighttime traffic wasn't uncommon at the Scribner house.

Tom Black, 87, is the Scribner's next-door neighbor.

"He called himself the hillbilly of Simi Valley, and he basically was," Black said of Scribner. "I can't say I'm surprised. But I can't begin to tell you what caused him to do that."

Nancy Lukunich, a Heavenly Court neighbor for the past nine years, had a different view of the household and called Scribner and his wife Renee, "peaceful."

"These are the not the people you'd ever expect to hurt a soul," she said of the couple. "We never saw any guns, they never had any parties. Honest to God, they were just peaceful people."

Lukunich said that even when challenged by another neighbor on Heavenly Court about the condition of his property, Scribner—a former professional drag car racer who often repaired automobiles at his home—didn't get angry.

"(Scribner) never raised his voice, he never swore. He just liked things his way," Lukunich said. "He isn't the type of person that you would think would hurt someone on purpose."

Lukunich said she never met Jamie or her boyfriend, and said she never heard a gunshot Saturday night. But she said a rumor of a prowler had been circulated around the neighborhood two weeks before the shooting.

"Everyone around here was a little spooked," Lukunich said.

Last Sunday, SVPD responded to a 911 call and arrived at the home at about 1:30 a.m. A police report stated that Scribner was "cooperative" during the investigation.

Lane said he saw Scribner leave with police, but that they brought him back to his home later in the morning at which time he walked them through the incident again. Lane said after Scribner finished explaining what had happened, he was handcuffed by police and taken to jail.

Scribner's arraignment was set for Nov. 18, but the date was postponed to give his lawyer more time to prepare.

On the social-networking site MySpace, Scribner's daughter Jamie laments her loss.

"R.I.P Bryan, you are and always will be the love of my life," she wrote. "I will never, ever forget you! I am in the worst pain imaginable, (and) can't wait for the day I see you again."

In a section titled "Heroes," Scribner references her parents.

"My father and mother have always been my heroes as well as my idols," she said. "I can only dream to be as magnificent as they both truly are. They mean the world to me. Will look up to them forever."