Police seek South Fulton man who fatally stabbed father

Fulton County police are looking for a 48-year-old man who is accused of fatally stabbing his father in their home Saturday.

Channel 2 Action News reported that police say the man stabbed his father, 72, in the throat about 9:25 a.m. after the father came into his bedroom and hit him with a skillet.

The father staggered to a neighbor’s house where he collapsed after the stabbing, Channel 2 reported. The son was last seen leaving the home on Kelden Circle in South Fulton driving a red Ford.

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