Police kill suspect?s father

Baltimore County police shot and killed the father of a homicide suspect when he reached for a gun Monday morning as they tried to serve a warrant in his Dundalk house, officials said.

Police declined to identify the man?s son or another suspect already arrested in the death of Joseph Hoffman, 51, whose brother found him dead at his home on Saturday. Officers showed up at Danny Hammonds? home in the 7200 block of Eastern Avenue early Monday morning with the warrant connected to Hoffman?s slaying and fatally shot the 52-year-old father after a confrontation, a police spoksman said.