A 26-year-old Plymouth man faces murder charges after he allegedly stabbed his father to death with a kitchen knife Thursday.
Matthew Paluzzi will be arraigned Friday in Plymouth District Court, according to a spokeswoman for Plymouth County District Attorney Timothy Cruz.
He is accused of killing his father, Anthony Paluzzi, 73, of 15 Cedar Road in Manomet.
Paluzzi was already on probation for threatening a bank customer with a gun in 2020.
Plymouth police received a 911 call at around 6:30 a.m. Thursday from Anthony Paluzzi’s wife saying she found her husband unresponsive, with a neck wound.
“The caller reported a large kitchen knife on the floor nearby,” Cruz said during a news conference at Plymouth Police Department headquarters.
“Preliminarily, it appears that Mr. Paluzzi died from a stab wound to the neck and/or other injuries,” Cruz said.
Police issued an alert for his son, Matthew, who was found in his 2017 Nissan Murano by Hanover police on Columbia Road in that town later Thursday morning, Cruz said.
He was taken to Plymouth police headquarters, where he was held as a person of interest pending the outcome of a search, Cruz said.
“This does not appear to be a random act of violence,” said Cruz. “There doesn’t appear to be any threat to the community at large at this time.”
Paluzzi was on probation after being charged with threatening a woman with a gun at a Citizen’s Bank drive- thru ATM in Plymouth in October 2020.
Police responded to the Karma Hair Salon on Water Street on October 23, 2020, where a visibly upset woman told police she was using the ATM when a man in a sports car approached her and said, “Do you want to die?”
He pulled a black handgun out of his waistband, the woman told police.
The woman said she walked back toward the salon, which was nearby, terrified that he might shoot her in the back.
She was too upset to complete a victim/witness statement, police said. But they were able to use surveillance video to identify the car, a red 2007 BMW.
The car was registered to Paluzzi, a police report said.
When police questioned him, he didn’t deny flashing a gun.
He said the woman looked “sketchy” and thought she might try to rob him.
“Matthew also said he’s had ‘sketchy’ girlfriends in the past and knows how females can be,” according to the police report.
In November 2022, Paluzzi admitted sufficient facts assault with a dangerous weapon and making threats, according to court records. The case was continued without a finding, and he was placed on probation for two years.
His probation would have ended on Oct. 31 of this year, court records show.
Andrea Estes can be reached at andrea@plymouthindependent.org.