Burgettstown Man Who Killed His Father Faces Trial

November 11, 2021 2:42 am

A Burgettstown man who scuffled with his father and shot him dead will face trial. Twenty-four-year-old Joseph Robert Warrick, Jr. requested that he have a jury trial on felony homicide and aggravated assault charges. Warrick got into an argument with his father Joseph Robert Warrick, Sr. over a missing vape pen. The argument turned physical and when the younger Warrick got loose, he pulled a gun from a holster and the gun fired killing Warrick, Sr. The district attorney offered a plea deal of third degree murder but Warrick, Jr. would not agree. The trial will be scheduled for February of 2022.