Father Shoots Son, Has ‘Father-Son’ Talk, Then Stabs Him to Death

Sherman Shirley Fricks Sr., 68, was taken into custody Sunday on a first-degree felony charge for the murder of his son. Courtesy of Deer Park Police Department

A Deer Park, Texas man was taken into custody Sunday on a first-degree felony charge for the murder of his son.

According to a statement made by prosecutors during a probable cause hearing Monday, Sherman Shirley Fricks Sr., 68, was fed up with the attitude of his “unruly” son, 27-year-old Sherman Palmer Fricks Jr.