Crime & Safety
Man Stabbed To Death By His Own Son Inside Oakland County Home: Police
The 22-year-old son was arrested in connection to the fatal stabbing and taken to a nearby hospital with minor injuries, police said.
COMMERCE TOWNSHIP, MI — A man was arrested Wednesday after police said he fatally stabbed his father inside their Commerce Township home.
When officers arrived at the home on the 3400 block of Sutton Road around 1:15 p.m., the 22-year-old son told them where in the home they could find the 76-year-old father, the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office said.
Officials found the older man in the home unresponsive with multiple stab wounds, the sheriff's office said.
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Township fire department paramedics tried to revive the older man, but he was pronounced dead, officials said.
The 22-year-old son was arrested in connection to the fatal stabbing and taken to a nearby hospital, where he was treated for minor injuries, officials said.
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Officials were still working to determine a motive for the killing.
No further details were released by officials.
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