BETHESDA, Md. — Police say a 24-year-old man stabbed his parents at a home in Bethesda late Sunday night. The man was taken into custody Monday morning, but police have not yet said what charges the man is facing.
Officer Casandra Durham, Public Information Officer with the Montgomery County Police Department, told WUSA9 that police were called to the 6500 block of Greentree Road, near Bradley Hills Presbyterian Church, for a report of a domestic-related assault between adults. The call came in just before midnight on Sunday.
Responding officers found a man and woman, both 62 years old, outside of the home suffering from stab wounds. Both were taken to an area hospital for injuries that were considered serious, but not thought to be life-threatening, Durham said.
A preliminary investigation found that the stabbing stemmed from a dispute between the 24-year-old man and his parents. He is accused of stabbing his parents with a knife.
The man has since been identified as Joseph Michael Bowers. It is unclear at this time what started the argument between Bowers and his parents or what happened in the moments leading up to the stabbing.
On the scene Monday morning, WUSA9 saw SWAT team trucks, and police were calling on a loudspeaker for the man to come out of the home. However, police did not call it a barricade situation.
Police say Bowers was taken into custody just before 5:30 a.m. and charged with second-degree murder, first-degree assault and weapons-related charges.