CANTON, Ohio (AP) - A man shot and killed his 26-year-old son after the two got into an argument while preparing Thanksgiving dinner, police said.
Russell Huff II, 49, was charged with murder and was being held in Stark County Jail on Friday. Russell Huff III died of a gunshot wound to the chest.
``They were having a family disagreement and the father wanted the son to leave, and it escalated beyond that point and he shot him with a .22-caliber rifle,'' police Lt. Jerry Steiner said.
The two lived in the home together, and police had responded to past calls of domestic violence there, Capt. Doug Shackle said.
Betty Huff, the elder Huff's ex-wife, said she had been visiting the house with a friend and left shortly before the shooting.
``The argument was about me,'' she said. ``My son got me to the point that I had to leave the house, and his dad didn't want me to leave.''
The victim's girlfriend was still at the home and told investigators the argument initially involved Betty Huff, said Canton Police Lt. Tommy Thomas. After she left, the father told the son to leave, then got the rifle from a bedroom and fired warning shots, Thomas said.
Betty Huff told the Akron Beacon Journal she asked a friend to call the house to check in after she left.
``I got on the phone, and my son started yelling: 'Mom, you gotta come get me, dad's shooting at me,''' she said.
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