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LAQUATRA. ELENA: THOSE WHO WERE THERE BEFORE AND AFTER THE SHOOTING WANT YOU TO HEAR THEIR STORY. >> HE SAID, "I CAN’T BELIEVE I DID THIS, I THINK I KILLED HIM, I KILLED HIM, I KILLED HIM, I CAN’T BELIEVE I DID IT." AND IT WAS REALLY HARD T UNDERSTAND HIM, BECAUSE HE WAS SLURRING HIS WORDS, BECAUSE HE WAS SO EMOTIONAL ABOUT IT. ELENA: THIS CLOSE FRIEND OF SHANE HOWARD, WHO DOESN’T WANT TO BE IDENTIFIED, IS THE ONE WHO PICKED HOWARD UP AT HIS FATHER’S HOME, SHORTLY AFTER HE WAS KILLED. >> I DIDN’T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED AT THAT POINT. WE ENDED UP GETTING BACK TO THE HOUSE, AND IT TOOK HIM ALMOST HALF AN HOUR TO CALM DOWN BEFORE HE EVEN JUST TALK. ELENA: COURT DOCUMENTS SAY HOWARD AND HIS FATHER, DAVID HOWARD, GOT INTO AN ARGUMENT INSIDE THE FATHER’S MOBILE HOME ON GUYS RUN ROAD. THE FATHER ALLEGEDLY BECAME IRATE. HOWARD TOLD POLICE HE HIT HIS FATHER TWICE WITH A FIRE EXTINGUISHER. WHILE ON THE GROUND, HOWARD TOLD POLICE HE BELIEVED HIS FATHER WAS REACHING TOWARDS A RIFLE, LEANING UP AGAINST A WALL. THAT’S WHEN HOWARD ALLEGEDLY PICKED UP A SHOTGUN, SHOOTING AND KILLING HIS FATHER. HE CALLED HIS CLOSE FAMILY FRIEND TO PICK HIM UP. >> HE CRIED THE ENTIRE WAY HOME. I DIDN’T EVEN GET A WORD IN WITH HIM ON THE RIDE IS HOME. ELENA: OTHER CLOSE FAMILY FRIENDS WHO WERE WITH HOWARD AFTER THE SHOOTING SAY HE THE ONE WHO DECIDED TO TURN HIMSELF IN. THEY SAY HE’S NOT A VIOLENT PERSON AND HAS NEVER EVEN BEEN IN A FIGHT BRET: I IMMEDIATELY SAID SELF-DEFENSE, BECAUSE I KNOW IT WAS SELF-DEFENSE. I KNOW SHANE WOULDN’T DO ANYTHING UNLESS HE HAD TO DO IT. AND I KNOW SHANE, HE DOESN’T HAVE A CRIMINAL RECORD, HE HAS NEVER BEEN CONVICTED OF A CRIME BEFORE. HE’S A GREAT GUY, HE’S AN EVEN BETTER FATHER. ELENA: SHANE’S GIRLFRIEND’S MOTHER, WHO TOOK HIM IN WHEN HE WAS 16 YEARS OLD, DEFENDS HIS ACTIONS. KELLY: HE WAS A MESS. HE WAS HEARTBROKEN. SO UPSET HE COULDN’T BELIEVE IT HAPPENED. ELENA: SHE SAYS HOWARD HAD A HARD LIFE GROWING UP, BUT SAYS HE LOVED HIS DAD, EVEN AFTER EVERYTHING HIS DAD PUT HIM THROUGH. KELLY: I KNOW IT WAS ROUGH WHENEVER HE WAS A KID. THAT’S HOW HE ENDED UP LIVING WITH ME. HIS DAD WAS AN ALCOHOLIC, ABUSIVE, VERY VIOLENT. ELENA: HOWARD IS CUR

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Allegheny County police have charged a 23-year-old man with homicide after they say he beat his father and then shot the man in the head in Harmar Township early Wednesday morning.Watch the latest report in the video player above. Harmar Township police responded to the scene in the 700 block of Guys Run Road. They found 47-year-old David Howard dead, lying on the floor of the residence, which police said is an RV.Investigators said a friend who noticed blood on 23-year-old Shane Howard convinced him to turn himself in, then drove Howard to the Harmar police station around 3 a.m."I didn't know what happened at that point," said the friend who picked up Shane Howard at his father's home shortly after the man was killed. "We ended up getting back to the house, and it took him almost half an hour before he calmed down enough even to talk."He said, 'I can't believe I did this, I killed him, I killed him, I can't believe I did it,' and it was really hard to understand him because he was slurring his words because he was so emotional about it."Man charged with shooting, killing father in Harmar: Watch the report below.According to the criminal complaint, Howard told police that he got into a physical altercation with his father. During the altercation, police say Shane Howard beat his father with a fire extinguisher, then police say Howard told officers that he thought his father was going for a gun, so he shot him in the head.Police said Shane Howard removed weapons from the residence after the shooting.Shane Howard is charged with homicide and tampering with physical evidence, police said. He is being held in the county jail without bail as he awaits a preliminary hearing."I know Shane wouldn't do anything unless he had to do it, and I know Shane," said another friend, Bret Radovich. "He doesn't have a criminal record. He has never been convicted of a crime before. He's a great guy. He's an even better father."Radovich added, "I immediately said 'self-defense' because I know it was self-defense."Anyone with information concerning the incident is asked to call the Allegheny County police tip line at 833-ALL-TIPS (833-255-8477).