Sukhraj Cheema-Singh admitted to killing his father with a crossbow in an interview with police.

He told officers he had also planned to kill himself, but “only had the two arrows.”

The Hamilton man pleaded guilty to second-degree murder Friday for killing his father, Kuldip Singh, outside the family’s home in Stoney Creek on Feb. 10, 2024. He was originally charged with first-degree murder.

The 56-year-old father was pronounced deceased in hospital after he was shot twice with a crossbow shortly after arriving at his home at 248 Penny Lane around 7:40 p.m. that night, according to an agreed statement of facts.

Reading from that statement, Crown attorney Eric Taylor told the court that Singh had just returned home and gotten out of his vehicle when he was confronted by his son, wh

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