Twin Cities man charged with killing father with hammer

A 29-year-old North St. Paul, Minnesota, man is accused of fatally striking his father with a hammer last weekend. The man, who was charged Tuesday, faces two counts of second-degree murder in connection to the incident on Saturday. According to the charging documents, officers were dispatched at approximately 1:30 p.m. to the 2700 block of Chippewa Avenue on an assault call. The 911 caller told police that their schizophrenic son had struck her 69-year-old husband on the head with a hammer. When officers arrived, they found the victim suffering from a significant head wound. He died the next morning at Regions Hospital. The victim's wife said her son was diagnosed with schizophrenia five years ago and recently changed medications, which changed his behavior. She said he was more stressed, stayed up for days and stopped eating. She told police that he had never been aggressive or violent in the past and loved his father, the charges said. He recently had a seizure and moved into the ho