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A Los Angeles prosecutor has accused a 69-year-old man of killing his son for being gay.

Shehada Issa was arrested Tuesday after police were called to his Los Angeles home and found the bodies of Amir Issa, 29, and his mother, whose name has not been released by authorities, according to the Los Angeles Times.

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The Los Angeles County district attorney’s office told the Associated Press that Issa had threatened to kill his son in the past.

“The murder was committed because of the victim’s sexual orientation and because of the defendant’s perception of that status and the victims’ association with a person and a group of that status,” prosecutors said in a statement, according to the AP.

If convicted, Issa could serve life in prison without the possibility of parole, according to the Los Angeles Daily News.

Issa told police, according to the Daily News, that he didn’t kill his wife, but instead found her in their home’s bathroom, where she was already dead. The paper reported that Issa claims he armed himself after finding her body and then encountered his son, who threatened him with a knife, leading to a shooting.