Police: Man stabs son for wearing hat in church

[February 25, 2009]  BALTIMORE (AP) -- Police said a 58-year-old man stabbed his teenage son after he refused to take off his hat at church earlier in the day.

The father and his 19-year-old son got into an argument on Sunday afternoon. That's when police said the father went to a car, got a knife and stabbed his son in the left buttock and fled.

The son was taken to University of Maryland Medical Center for treatment. The father's name was withheld pending his arrest.

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Information from: The Baltimore Sun, http://www.baltimoresun.com/

[Associated Press]

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