A man who stabbed his father with a sword in West Palm Beach was fatally shot on Saturday after a deputy was forced to fire, officials said.
According to the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office, deputies arrived at the 6400 block of Emerald Dunes Drive at around 3 a.m. after receiving reports of an armed domestic incident.
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WATCH HEREOnce at the scene, deputies located a man in his 20s who was stabbing his father with a sword and ordered him to drop the weapon.
After refusing to comply with their orders, a deputy discharged his weapon and shot the suspect.
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Both the father, 52, and his son succumbed to their injuries.
PBSO has not released the identities of the two.
What led up to the incident is also unclear.
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The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is expected to take over the investigation, which is standard whenever there is a police-involved shooting.
