An officer with the Parry (N.Y.) Police Department shot and killed his 37-year-old son early Saturday in a hotel, after mistaking him for an intruder, reports the Syracuse Post-Standard.
Michael Leach, 59, called 911 from the Clark Beach Motel in Old Forge to report he had shot an intruder.
Instead, he shot his son, Matthew, with his .45-caliber service weapon.
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