Crime & Safety
Son Accused Of Killing Father, 78, After Birthday Party Arrested: Police
A man accused of shooting and killing his father in Clayton County because the numbers on a license plate told him to has been arrested.
CLAYTON COUNTY, GA — Police have arrested a man they said shot and killed his 78-year-old father and ran away.
Police announced June 17 that thirty-eight-year-old Brandon Williams-Griffin had been arrested. He’s facing a murder charge after his father, also Joe Griffin, was found dead in his home. The incident happened June 10 on Meadow Ridge Court in the unincorporated east-Clayton community of Rex, just one day after the father's birthday party.
Joe Griffin, told WSB that his brother is mentally ill, but has refused help.
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One of the suspect's brothers said he had been ranting about the stars, pyramids and even said the numbers on a license plate told him to kill his father, reported WSB.
Neighbors found the father Joe Griffin dead in the home.
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A message to the Clayton County Police Department wasn’t immediately returned.
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