Randallstown Man Shot, Killed By Father: Police

MARRIOTTSVILLE, MD — A Howard County man shot and killed his son Tuesday night, according to police. The shooting followed an argument at the father's house in Marriottsville.

Stephen Michael Tucker, 38, of Randallstown, was pronounced deceased at his father's home in Howard County, police said.

Someone at the home in the 1500 block of Marriottsville Road called 911 at 8:16 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 1, for a report of a person shot.

When authorities arrived, they said they found Tucker dead and his father — Stephen Dwight Tucker, 68 — with visible injuries.

Officials said the son had assaulted another family member, injuring the person and damaging the individual's residence, before driving to his father's house.

There, authorities said Tucker and his father had gotten into an argument that ended in gunfire, with the father shooting his son one time and killing him.

"No charges have been filed at this time," the Howard County Police Department said in a statement Wednesday morning. "The investigation is ongoing in consultation with the Howard County state’s attorney’s office."