71-year-old man found dead inside apartment on Father’s Day, stepson arrested and identified as suspect, HPD says [Video]

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Houston Police say a 71-year-old man was beaten to death by his own stepson on Father’s Day.

Around 5:45 a.m. a man and his mother reportedly flagged down a passing Houston police officer at the Corner Stop 2 on West 34th Street, near Mangum Road in Northwest Houston.

According to police, the man told the officer that he had just assaulted his stepfather in self-defense. He said his stepfather had approached him with a knife inside his apartment located approximately one mile from the convenience store.

Police forced their way into the 71-year-old’s apartment off Sherwood Lane, near Vollmer Road, where they found him deceased.

“We don’t really know why this happened this morning. There’s no one else in the house besides the elderly man. There is a large scene behind me here; broken furniture. You can really see that something violent took place, but the man was so old …