An elderly man is accused of shooting his son in the face because he and his spouse did not visit the older man's wife over the weekend while she was in at-home hospice care.

William Nowak, 84, has been charged with attempted murder , according to an arrest affidavit reviewed by Law&Crime. The underlying incident occurred on Tuesday evening.

Nowak was at his home on Hawksbill Street Northwest in Palm Bay, Florida , where he lived with his wife and their disabled daughter. His wife had recently been put on in-home hospice care, "and William has been taking care of both of them," the court document states.

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