Son fatally shoots his dad in the head as he was sleeping: Police
The Fremont County Sheriff's Office was alerted to reports of a person, later revealed to be suspect Joseph Tippet, 36, with a gun at the 400 block of South Reynolds, in Cañon City, on Friday, January 6., the wife of the suspect, Joseph Tippet, 36, alerted authorities as she had received a voicemail where he allegedly claimed to have fatally shot his father. Her name was not made public as she is an alleged victim of domestic violence.
A split image of Tippet and a stock image of a police image. Tippet is alleged to have fatally shot his father.The FCSO SWAT team was sent to the home at about 10 p.m. where officers carried out a sweep of the area and found William Tippet had two apparent gunshot wounds in the back of his head. "Joseph stated that William had been in bed sleeping during this time," the affidavit stated."Joseph [said] he grabbed his .45 cal. Handgun and approached William. Joseph stated that William was asleep in his bed facing away from Joseph. Joseph [said] he stood behind William and shot him one time in the back of the head."
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