Forty-four-year-old Kirk Caldwell pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter in Delaware County Court on Monday.
The pastor testified that 21-year-old Jordan Caldwell had a history of violence that erupted in assaults on friends and family on Dec. 25.
Kirk Caldwell says he felt threatened and fired a single shot when his son refused to leave their Darby home.
Caldwell was a pastor at End Times Harvest Mission in Philadelphia. Many court witnesses praised him as a strong family man and leader.
Judge Frank Hazel sentenced Caldwell to two to four years in prison, minus time served.
