{"id":1466814,"date":"2025-12-23T12:02:06","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T18:02:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1466814"},"modified":"2025-12-23T13:23:06","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T19:23:06","slug":"teen-arrested-for-fathers-murder-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1466814","title":{"rendered":"Teen arrested for father\u2019s murder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MOUNT PLEASANT \u2014 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2025\/12\/Harris-e1766512855928-212x200.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"212\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1466815\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2025\/12\/Harris-e1766512855928-212x200.webp 212w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2025\/12\/Harris-e1766512855928-371x350.webp 371w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2025\/12\/Harris-e1766512855928.webp 451w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/>Our news partners at KETK report that a 19-year-old East Texan has been arrested for allegedly killing his father, who was found with apparent gunshot wounds.<br \/>\nAccording to the Mount Pleasant Police Department, around 8 a.m. on Monday, a 911 call came in reporting an unconscious man bleeding inside a home on Red Springs Avenue. Upon arrival, officers found 51-year-old Rodney Harris deceased from apparent gunshot wounds. Detectives responded and immediately launched a homicide investigation. Police identified 19-year-old Azion Jayden Harris, the victim\u2019s son, as a person of interest. He was located and detained later Monday. Azion Harris was arrested and taken to Titus County Jail on charges of murder, possession of a controlled substance and unlawful carrying of a weapon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MOUNT PLEASANT \u2014 Our news partners at KETK report that a 19-year-old East Texan has been arrested for allegedly killing his father, who was found with apparent gunshot wounds. According to the Mount Pleasant Police Department, around 8 a.m. on Monday, a 911 call came in reporting an unconscious man bleeding inside a home on &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1466814\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Teen arrested for father\u2019s murder<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":1466815,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1466814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-08 01:34:23","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1466814","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/65"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1466814"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1466814\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1466816,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1466814\/revisions\/1466816"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1466815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1466814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1466814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1466814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}