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Police: 24-year-old man confesses to shooting and killing father in Southside home

Police say Joseph Lauwereins was standing behind a locked bedroom during an argument when Trenton Lauwereins shot through the door and killed him.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office has arrested a 24-year-old man after they say he murdered his father inside their Southside home Friday. 

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JSO says Trenton Lauwereins shot and killed Joseph Lauwereins, 44, during a dispute Friday, Feb. 22 inside their home on Crownwood Drive.  

Police say Joseph Lauwereins was standing behind a locked bedroom door during an argument when Trenton Lauwereins shot through the door and killed him. 

Trenton Lauwereins did not call police right after it happened, but confessed to the shooting in an interview later with investigators, JSO says. 

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