Robert C. Washington Sr. was charged Monday in the fatal shooting of his son Robert Washington II and for wounding his other son, Wesley. Credit: Glendale Police Department

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An intoxicated Glendale man who shot his two sons, killing one and wounding the other, told police he was being bullied and disrespected in his own house by his wife and children and that some rough play by one of the boys during a game of basketball was the last straw, according to a criminal complaint.

Robert C. Washington, 57, is charged with first-degree reckless homicide in the death of Robert Curtis Washington II, 20, on Thursday at their home in the 1000 block of W. Theresa Lane, according to the complaint.

He also is charged with first-degree reckless injury for allegedly wounding Wesley Washington, 15.

According to the complaint, on the afternoon of the shooting, Robert Washington Sr. had been drinking vodka while watching Wesley play baseball.

Later, as his sons played basketball in the driveway of their home, Washington Sr. appeared intoxicated when he came out of the house, got in their way and was knocked over by Wesley.

"You do that again, you ain't gonna wake up," Washington Sr. allegedly told Wesley before going back inside the house, according to the complaint.

A short time later, Robert Washington Jr. was cutting the grass when his father re-emerged from the house with a .45-caliber handgun he kept in his bedroom and fired at Wesley, striking him in the thigh and calf.

Robert Jr. then ran toward his father, who shot him in the chest from a distance of 2 to 3 feet, according to the complaint.

Wesley Washington ran into the house and called 911 as his father followed. The boy then ran back outside and was lying on the driveway with his brother when police arrived and dragged them away from any possible line of fire.

Officers then called Robert Washington Sr. on the phone, and he surrendered.

One of the officers attempted to revive Washington Jr., but he was pronounced dead at the scene.

He tried to "bully me all the time," his father said while sitting in a police squad car, apparently referring to his younger son. He later said the boy had sworn at him and called him a derogatory name.

Later, according to the complaint, he told police, "I should not have brought the gun out. I killed my son."

Washington Sr.'s wife, Annette, is a longtime bank manager and executive at M&I and then BMO Harris bank. She filed for divorce in September, according to state court records.