Crime & Safety
LI Man Fatally Stabs Father During Zoom Meeting: Police
The 32-year-old stabbed his father while his father was on a Zoom video chat Thursday afternoon, police say.
AMITYVILLE, NY — A 32-year-old Amityville man was arrested after Suffolk police said he stabbed his father to death while his father was participating in a Zoom video chat Thursday afternoon.
Dwight Powers was participating on a Zoom video chat with several people when he was fatally stabbed by his son, 32-year-old Thomas Scully-Powers, at 12:04 p.m., police said.
Several members of the chat called 911. Scully-Powers fled and was caught by officers at Ketcham Avenue and Cedar Street at 12:57 p.m., police said. He was charged with second-degree murder.
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Scully-Powers was taken to a local hospital for minor injuries sustained while jumping out of a window.
On Friday morning, Scully-Powers told reporters that his father had raped him with a gun. See video below posted by PIX11 reporter Anthony DiLorenzo.
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“HE RAPED ME WITH A GUN”: murder suspect Thomas Scully-Powers, 32 makes wild accusations against his 72 year old father, whom he allegedly stabbed to death while on a Zoom meeting in their Amityville home. @PIX11News @SCPDHq pic.twitter.com/6wu2cJu9uX
— Anthony DiLorenzo (@ADiLorenzoTV) May 22, 2020
Amityville NY: homicide detectives are investigating after a 72 y/o man was murdered by his son during a live Zoom meeting this afternoon. More than 20 people online at the time witnessed part of the attack. Police were able to arrest his son after fled the scene. #LINEWS pic.twitter.com/CFfy4gSTMh
— emergencypatches (@mergencypatches) May 21, 2020
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