Son tells dad, 'Why don't you just shoot me?' - and the man does
After an argument, a 69-year-old man retrieved a rifle from his home and fatally shot his son, a prosecutor said. Darrell Dean Dakan is charged with open murder in the killing of his son, Joshua Dakan, 38, outside of the older man’s home near White Cloud, Michigan. The killing happened around 7:15 p.m. Monday, Dec. 27, on East Pierce Drive in Newaygo County’s Monroe Township.
The father and son were arguing when the father went inside for a rifle. “A witness indicated the victim said, ‘Why don’t you just shoot me?’” Prosecutor Ellsworth Stay told District Judge Kevin Drake on Wednesday. Stay said that the father tried to shoot the .22-caliber rifle but it misfired. He tried again and struck his son in the back, piercing his heart and a lung, Stay said. The victim died at the scene.
Attorney Dianne Longoria, representing Dakan at his arraignment, asked the judge to set bond and suggested he be released on electronic tether because he has multiple health problems. The judge set a Jan. 13 preliminary examination to determine if Dakan should be bound over for trial in Newaygo County Circuit Court.
Prosecutor Stay said that alcohol was “prominent” in Dakan’s life and has led to “anger or other problems.”
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