Sheriff's deputies responded to the scene, a home in the 800 block of 109th Avenue Court East, at about 10:40 p.m. Friday, said Sgt. Mike Blair of the Pierce County Sheriff's Office.
When they arrived, they found two brothers in the driveway. The 46-year-old brother was suffering from serious head wounds and the 47-year-old brother was suffering from multiple stab wounds.
An investigation found that several family members were at the home when the 47-year-old brother, who was estranged from his family, unexpectedly arrived there.
When the 46-year-old brother went outside to see who was in the driveway, the older brother attacked him, striking him in the head several times with a crowbar, Blair said.
Two teenage boys inside the home heard the commotion and looked outside to see what was happening. When they saw the 46-year-old brother, who is their uncle, being attacked in the driveway they ran to help him.
One of the boys stabbed the attacker multiple times in an attempt to defend his uncle - not knowing that the attacker was his own father, Blair said.
Both of the brothers were rushed to area hospitals. The 47-year-old brother - the teen's father - died from his stab wounds several hours later.
Blair said the teen was not taken into custody.
"Based on the circumstances ... we were comfortable that this person is not a danger to rest of society," he said. "He was standing up for the safety of his uncle - it just so happened that it ended up being his father who was killed."
Blair said it ultimately will be up to the prosecutor to decide whether to file charges against the teen. But he said the facts, as known so far, show that the teen was merely acting to defend his uncle.
"Certainly we would allow a member of our community to protect somebody who's being feloniously assaulted, and that's kind of where we're at right now," Blair said.via Komo News
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