Teen Fatally Stabs Dad for Trying to Wake him Up

Samuel Hammett
Fort Worth Police

A Texas teen was apparently so opposed to getting out of bed that he killed his dad who tried to wake him, according to reports.

Samuel Hammett, 19, was charged Wednesday with murder in the death of his father at their Fort Worth home, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported.

Family members said the father, Sandy Hammett, tried to rouse his son from bed Tuesday when the teen pulled a knife on him.

“My son said, ‘Why you sleeping all day?’” his grandmother, Alma Hammett, told the newspaper. “My grandson got up and went nose-to-nose with my son. My son pushed my grandson down back on the bed.”

Hammett allegedly grabbed a knife from his drawer and stabbed his dad to death, according to relatives.

Police responded to the home and pronounced the father dead at the scene.

Hammett was taken into custody at Tarrant County Jail where he is being held without bail.

SOURCE: Page Six – Jackie Salo