Suspect in Pennsylvania decapitation legally purchased a gun the day before father’s gruesome killing, officials say
The Pennsylvania man accused of decapitating his father legally purchased a firearm one day before the grisly slaying, officials said Friday.
The Pennsylvania man accused of decapitating his father legally purchased a firearm one day before the grisly slaying, officials said Friday.
Justin Mohn, 32, was charged with first-degree murder and abusing a corpse after he allegedly killed his father Tuesday in their family home before displaying a severed head in a YouTube video.
On Friday, Bucks County District Attorney Jennifer Schorn told reporters that Mohn’s father, 68-year-old Michael Mohn, had been shot before he was found dismembered Tuesday evening.
The suspect had bought a gun in Bristol Township on Monday, Schorn added. She said Justin Mohn had no history of diagnosed mental health issues, and had recently surrendered a medical marijuana card, making him eligible to possess a weapon.
“There was nothing legally precluding him from purchasing that gun,” she said. “That also shows you the clear state of mind that he was in having planned what he ultimately carried out.”
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