A domestic dispute on October 20, 2022, on shared property in Tucson, Arizona, resulted in the death of 56-year-old Howard Ocskai. Family members had a heated argument that escalated; one account says Howard produced a handgun and pointed it at his son, then retreated to separate residences on the same land.

Nicholas Ocskai, 30, told police that his father later entered his trailer and put him in a chokehold, struck him with a cane and poked him in the stomach. Nicholas said Howard grabbed a black pipe shotgun Nicholas owned, tossed one of its two pieces outside, and that while Nicholas was reassembling the homemade weapon it accidentally discharged, striking Howard in the torso. Howard was taken to a hospital and died of his injuries.

Howard also texted his wife that everyone was OK and that Nicholas had shoved him, put hands around his neck and had been banging on the house with a metal pipe weapon. Nicholas was arrested at the scene and charged with second-degree murder; he was held in the Pima County jail.

If anyone witnessed the incident or saw the men on the property that day, please share what was seen.