MA Boy, 17, Facing Murder Charge In Father's Killing

SHARON, MA — A 17-year-old from Sharon was arrested Friday in the November killing of his father, the Sharon Police Department said in a news release.

Lucas Larson will be arraigned on one count of first-degree murder in the Norfolk Superior Court Friday, three months after his father, Brad Larson, 62, was found dead in his Deerfield Road home, according to officials.

The teen had been hospitalized ever since his father's killing, officials said.

"State Police detectives assigned to the Norfolk District Attorney’s Office and Sharon Police have been working closely throughout the grand jury investigation that resulted in the indictment issued Wednesday," Norfolk District Attorney Michael W. Morrissey said in Friday's news release.

Noting that Brad Larson was "a well-known and much-respected member of the Sharon community," Sharon Police Chief Stephen Coffey wrote that the department offers "sincere condolences to Brad Larson’s family and the many residents touched by his death."

A relative found Brad Larson dead in his home Nov. 2, police previously said.

According to a tribute shared by the Association of Science and Technology Centers in November, Brad Larson was a South Dakota native who received his master's degree in interactive technology in education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education and began his career in 1988 as a Technology Developer at Boston Children’s Museum.

It was there that Larson began to develop exhibits and activities to collect people's stories before founding StoryHabitat, a platform that has been used by ASTC and museums and for city history projects, libraries, institutional anniversaries, alumni associations, and more, the tribute said.

"He was a highly respected and very much-loved exhibit developer and consultant to the museum field," Carole Charnow, President and CEO of Boston Children’s Museum, said in a statement at the time. "He advocated for the critical importance of sharing stories and inspired Museum professionals to evolve their thinking around storytelling ... It is a tremendous loss."