Updated Feb. 6, 1:30 p.m.
Police charged a 19-year-old man with fatally beating his father during an argument inside their Flushing home on Friday night.
Dimitrios Safetis was booked on manslaughter, assault and weapons possession charges in the death of his father, 57-year-old Ioannis Safetis, inside their home on 190th Street near Utopia Parkway in the Auburndale section at about 9:30 p.m.
Officers from the 111th Precinct and EMS units responded to the scene after receiving a 911 call about the incident and found Ioannis Safetis unconscious with blunt force trauma to his head and scratches across his face. Paramedics rushed him to NewYork-Presbyterian/Queens hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Dimitrios Safetis was taken into custody at the scene and brought to the 111th Precinct’s Bayside stationhouse, where he was questioned by detectives and subsequently charged with his father’s death.
The investigation is ongoing; check QNS.com later with additional details on this developing story.
