Police charge man with killing his mother in Lower Saucon Township

Monday, February 4, 2019
LOWER SAUCON TWP., Pa. (WPVI) -- Police have arrested a man they say killed his mother in Lower Saucon Township Monday morning.

Chopper 6 was over the scene on the 1900 block of West Point Drive, where police were called just before 9:30 a.m. for a welfare check.
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Officers said 49-year-old Phillip Looby answered the door with blood on his hands and told them "you're not going to like what you find."

Man accused of murdering his mother in Lower Saucon


Looby claims he did it in self-defense when his mother threatened him with an X-acto knife.

The county coroner ruled his mother's death a homicide.
Looby now faces homicide charges.
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