At 6:18 p.m., an officer working at City Hall received a call from an unknown man who said there was a disturbance with his father. When dispatchers spoke with the caller, he said he got into an argument with his mother and shot his father.
“They were arguing and I shot him in the head, and he’s not breathing anymore,” the caller said.
Asked if he had any weapons on him, the caller said, “Yeah I do.”
He then said he was standing by his mother’s closet holding a black handgun.
“I’m just pointing the gun at them, making sure they stay in the closet,” the caller said.
When the dispatcher asked if he could put the gun down, he said no. He then made further threats.
“I already poured gasoline all over the house, I might just set it on fire,” he told the dispatcher. “Do you have my address correct?”
He then described a one-story house and again said his father wasn’t breathing.