A California man accused of sawing off his own hands after he viciously stabbed his father appeared in court to face an attempted murder rap Tuesday — after he had the severed extremities reattached.
A heavily bandaged Jason Dunn, 27, was ordered held in lieu of $575,000 bail after he was arraigned on a slew of charges that include attempted murder and assault at Shasta County Superior Court for the bizarre attack on his father on June 17, The Redding Record Searchlight reported.
Dunn allegedly stabbed his 59-year-old dad, Gregory Dunn, with a pair of scissors multiple times to his neck, throat and upper body during a spat inside their Sheer Drive home in Redding.
The enraged son then marched into a shop on the property and sliced off both his hands with a radial saw, cops said.
Emergency workers arrived to find a wounded Gregory Dunn lying in the driveway with his bleeding son standing nearby with his hands severed at the wrists, cops said.
“After stabbing his father multiple times, Jason Dunn said he then used a power saw to sever both his hands,” wrote Det. Will Gardner of the Shasta County Sheriff’s Office in a police report, according to the Redding Record Searchlight.
Both were rushed to local hospitals, where they were saved from the life-threatening wounds.
Sgt. Brian Jackson of the Redding Police Department’s Major Crimes Unit told CBS News that the arrest came after Jason Dunn underwent extensive surgery at Stanford Medical Center in Palo Alto.
Neighbors have said that they often heard the father and son arguing.
Jason Dunn is scheduled to appear in court again on Aug. 15.
