LONG BEACH – A Long Beach man who allegedly intentionally ran over and killed his 89-year-old father with a vehicle was charged Tuesday with murder.
Robert Daniel Porter, 50, was scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday afternoon in a Long Beach courtroom, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office.
The criminal complaint includes allegations that he personally used a deadly weapon and that he has a prior strike, according to the District Attorney’s Office.
Porter has remained behind bars in lieu of just over $2 million bail since his arrest shortly before 2 p.m. Saturday afternoon.
The Long Beach Police Department said officers responded at about 1:50 p.m. Saturday to the 600 block of West Wardlow Road, near Magnolia Avenue, regarding a family disturbance involving the father and son.
Officers found the 89-year-old man — subsequently identified as William Porter of Long Beach — pinned underneath a vehicle in front of a residence.
“Officers attempted to rescue the elderly man with the assistance of nearby residents, who assisted by providing a floor jack, which officers used to raise the vehicle high enough to extricate the victim until Long Beach Fire Department personnel arrived,” police said. “Once extricated, Long Beach Fire Department personnel rendered aid to the injured man. However, they determined the man deceased at the scene.”
Police said a preliminary investigation indicated that the vehicle’s driver intentionally struck the elderly man and that the victim’s son remained at the scene, where he was later taken into custody.
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