A tragic incident unfolded in Wisconsin, where a 28-year-old man is facing charges for the alleged murder of his father. The man, identified as Miguel Ocasio, reportedly shot his father during a heated argument, with a witness present who had a unique connection to both men.

Authorities apprehended Ocasio on November 14, charging him with first-degree homicide, enhanced by the use of a dangerous weapon, in connection with the death of his father, Miguel Arocho, according to court documents.

According to information from Law&Crime, Milwaukee Police Department officers responded to a call around 7:45 p.m. on Thursday, November 13, at a residence located in the 1900 block of South 16th Street. Upon their arrival, they discovered Arocho with an apparent gunshot wound to the head. Tragically, Arocho was declared deceased at the scene.

The shooting was witnessed by a woman who revealed to the police that Arocho had been married to her mother, making him her stepfather. She was residing with Arocho at the time of the incident. The witness further disclosed that the shooter, Ocasio, was her former boyfriend and Arocho’s biological son.

She recounted to investigators that earlier that day, she had visited Walmart with a male friend who drove her back to Arocho’s residence. Upon their return, Ocasio arrived, attempting to open her car door, and accused her of having a romantic involvement with the male friend. The witness stated that she exited the vehicle to protect her friend, aware that her ex-boyfriend, Ocasio, was usually armed.

“Her friend then left and she tried entering the apartment, but her ex kept arguing with her,” the affidavit states. “They were standing near the side door and her ex pushed her in the face with his hand. Her ex continued arguing with her, and that is when her stepdad, [Arocho], came down. Once her stepdad came down, she, her ex, and [Arocho] were standing in the gangway and her ex and [Arocho] were arguing.”

The witness said she “attempted to calm the situation,” but Ocasio pulled a gun.

“She then tried to push her ex away, and she was able to push him to the sidewalk in front of the apartment,” police wrote. “At that point, her ex fired two gunshots, but she does not believe those gunshots hit anyone. After those gunshots, [Arocho] ran inside, but immediately exited. When he came out, she did not see anything in her stepdad’s hands. At that point, she was either pushed or fell to the ground, and she then heard two gunshots. She got up and saw that her stepdad had been shot.”

After the shooting, the witness said Ocasio fled on foot. He was picked up by police the following day.

In an interview with police, Ocasio allegedly admitted to shooting his father. He claimed he was talking to his ex-girlfriend when his father came outside and “threatened him with a firearm,” adding that “He, Ocasio, is not going to let anyone harm him.” He claimed he attempted to walk away when his father interrupted his “conversation” with his ex-girlfriend, but said he was “scared” when his father “threatened to shoot him,” so he fired a “warning shot.”

Ocasio explained that he met his ex-girlfriend, the witness, when his father married her mother.

“He only fired one warning shot because he believed his father was getting his gun,” police wrote. “When his father came outside, his father was going to reach and he, Ocasio, then fired because he had been threatened and he was scared. When asked if he saw anything in his father’s hands, he said that he did not see anything. He fired two shots at his father, and he did not check on his father because he was scared and he just ran away.”

Ocasio is currently being held in the Milwaukee County Jail in lieu of $100,000 cash-only bond. He is scheduled to appear in court for a preliminary hearing on Nov. 25.