Mason Johnson, Accused of Stabbing His Father to Death, Held Without Bail

Legal proceedings against Mason Johnson, 24, are just beginning as the Morgan Park man faces a first-degree murder charge stemming from the March 24 death of his father. 

Police say that around 2:45 a.m. on Sunday night both Mason Johnson and his father Kenneth Johnson, 49, were taken to Christ Medical Center from their home on the 11400 block of South Rockwell Avenue. The elder Johnson was pronounced dead and suffered "numerous" stab wounds, police said. 

Appearing in court on Monday, prosecutors alleged that Mason Johnson attacked his father while he sat on the couch, stabbing him multiple times in the face and head, the Chicago Tribune reports. The two men struggled and Kenneth Johnson was able to grab the knife and stab his son. However, Mason soon regained the knife and continued his attack, according to the report. 

DNA Info reports that witnesses heard the commotion and came down stairs to find Mason Johnson on top of his father. The alleged cause of the murder was the elder Johnson nagging his 24-year-old son to do chores, according to reports.

Johnson was not granted bail during the court hearing. 

Kenneth Johnson worked out of O'Hare Airport as a lieutenant with the city's Aviation Department security force. A wake was held Wednesday and a funeral Mass will take place Thursday, March 28 at the Church of St. Simon. 

Johnson is survived by his wife Lucy nee DelValle, daughter Amy (Ben) Perkins, parents Frederick and Eileen Johnson and many more family members and friends. 

Read Kenneth Johnson's full death notice. 

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