CUMBERLAND COUNTY, Pa. -- A man told police he should have killed his father when he had the chance.

The 24-year-old is now in Cumberland County Prison on attempted homicide charges.

James Kuykendall III tried to stab his father with an 8-inch kitchen knife Thursday night at the family's home in South Middleton Township, investigators said.

When police arrested the son, he told them, "I never should've gave him the option to speak" and that all his father taught him was drugs and alcohol.

The father, who flipped over a grill to block his son's attack, was not hurt.

The pair has a history of run-ins with the law, police said
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