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Family members said the son had mental illness and prior violent incidents, and deputies had been called to the home several times before the shooting.
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‘Nothing has worked’: Family says mental health struggles led to 75-year-old fatally shooting son - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports
PALMETTO BAY, Fla. (WSVN) — A family is struggling to come to terms with a deadly shooting between a father and son in Palmetto Bay. According to family members who spoke with 7News, 47-year-old David Dylan McPeck struggled with mental illness. “We’ve seen this coming for years. Tried to get help from the police, from hospitals, from organizations for years. Nothing has helped, nothing has worked. I’m sorry that it has come to this,” the victim’…
Father, 75, believed to have fatally shot son in self-defense in Palmetto Bay, deputies say
A 75-year-old father fatally shot his 47-year-old son at a home in Palmetto Bay in what’s currently being investigated as self-defense, authorities said Thursday. The shooting happened shortly before 5 p.m. Wednesday at a home in the area of Southwest 168th Street and Southwest 92nd Avenue. Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office officials said 47-year-old David Dylan McPeck was shot and killed by 75-year-old David Ronald McPeck. Miami-Dade deputies respond…
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