Man being questioned for ‘shooting his son’

AMMAN — The police on Thursday were questioning a 40-year-old man who reportedly shot and killed his son in Ajloun a day earlier, according to a senior official source.

The 20-year-old son was reportedly shot by his father, a retiree, at his home in the northern governorate, following a domestic dispute late Wednesday night, the source said.

“The father was constantly fighting and arguing with his son, who was unemployed, and on the day of the incident, he lost his temper and shot him with his gun,” the official explained.

The father then headed to the nearest police station and turned himself in, the source told The Jordan Times.

The victim was rushed to a nearby hospital but was declared dead on arrival, the source added.

Pathologist Ali Shotar of the Irbid National Institute of Forensic Medicine performed an autopsy on the victim and determined that he died of a bullet wound to the head, a second source said.

“The bullet entered the victim’s left ear and was lodged in his brain,” the source added.

The suspect was ordered detained for 15 days at a correctional and rehabilitation centre pending further investigation.