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Long Island Man Accused Of Killing Father During Zoom Call Charged With Murder

AMITYVILLE, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) -- The Long Island man accused of killing his father during a Zoom call has been charged with murder.

Thomas Scully-Powers, 32, was led away in handcuffs Friday in Suffolk County.

Prosecutors say he beat then stabbed his 72-year-old father, Dwight Powers, to death Thursday on Dixon Avenue in Amityville.

Powers was on a Zoom call with about 20 other people when police say his son attacked him.

Scully-Powers allegedly jumped out of a second-floor window to escape police and spent the night in the hospital.

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