LI Man Arrested After Shooting Father To Death: Police

DIX HILLS, NY — A Dix Hills man was arrested in connection with fatally shooting his father early Wednesday, Suffolk police said.

Police were called to a Seaman Neck Road home around 7:25 a.m. after a 911 caller reported a man hiding in their shed, police said.

When police arrived, it was determined the man, Christopher Miller, 43, had been injured in a motor vehicle crash earlier in the week and had recently been released from a nearby hospital, police said.

Officers escorted Miller back to his Bruno Lane home, where they found he had shot his father, John “Jack” Miller, 75, to death before he fled the home, police said.

Miller was charged with second-degree murder, police said. He was transported to a local hospital for treatment of injuries suffered in the previous car crash and will be arraigned at First District Court in Central Islip on a later date.