LAS VEGAS (TCN) — A 35-year-old man was taken into custody on suspicion of fatally shooting his father last week after he “felt like he was on a different planet.”
According to Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, on Feb. 5 at 6:18 p.m., paramedics responded to a call about a man deceased at a home on Caprock Canyon Avenue. Upon arrival, they initially believed his death was natural. Police officers then arrived on the scene and deemed it suspicious, so they contacted the homicide section.
Homicide detectives determined the victim, who KLAS-TV identified as 73-year-old Eun Jin La, had been shot. Detectives allege Eun Jin La’s son, Timothy La, shot him while they were home, then fled the scene. Timothy La was arrested when he returned home. Eun Jin La reportedly sustained a gunshot wound to the back of his head.
An arrest report cited by KLAS says Timothy La’s mother told police her son has a medical condition, though the specifics were redacted. While speaking with investigators, La allegedly claimed he “was saving someone, a ‘worker,’ from being tortured.” He believed the “worker” was “wearing the skin of his father’s face.”
He also reportedly said aliens “had told him to kill his father and that he felt like he was on a different planet.”
Court records show La has been charged with open murder with the use of a deadly weapon. He was denied bail.