Melissa Gregory

mgregory@thetowntalk.com, (318) 792-1807

A Pineville man is facing an attempted murder charge after allegedly hitting his son on the head with a hammer, according to police.

The Pineville Police Department got a report about a victim at Rapides Regional Trauma Center who had sustained injuries in a fight that happened in the 200 block of Sandifer Lane, read a release.

Officers and investigators began probing the incident, determining that the victim and his father, 43-year-old Theophilus Roland Jr., had gotten into a fight that began inside an apartment, which is where Roland lives.

Witnesses said the fight ended in the complex's parking lot when Roland hit his son several times on the head with a hammer, reads the release.

Roland was arrested and booked into the Rapides Parish Detention Center on a charge of attempted second-degree murder. He remains in jail on Monday with a $100,000 bond.

The victim was treated and released.