Son Held Without Bond In Dad's Shooting Death

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(CBS) -- Bail was denied for a 22-year-old man charged with shooting his father to death Wednesday morning in northwest suburban Hoffman Estates.

Authorities were called at 11:19 a.m. with reports that Alec Tarasiuk had shot his 57-year-old father, Walter Tarasiuk, at a home in the 900 block of Ash Road in Hoffman Estates, according to a statement from Hoffman Estates police.

Alec Tarasiuk (Hoffman Estates Police)

When officers arrived, Alec Tarasiuk admitted to shooting his father and was taken into custody, police said.

Walter Tarasiuk was found inside the home with a gunshot wound to the head and was pronounced dead at the scene at 11:48 a.m., according to police and the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office.

Alec Tarasiuk was charged with one count of first-degree murder, police said.

Judge Steven J. Goebel ordered him held without bail during a hearing Thursday, according to Cook County court records. His next court date was scheduled for Feb. 1 in Rolling Meadows.