Contractors arrested for stabbing father, teen son inside LI home

Suffolk Police
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COPIAGUE, N.Y. (1010 WINS) -- Police arrested two men on Long Island after they allegedly stabbed a man and his teenage son on Wednesday.

At approximately 5:30 p.m., the two men were working as contractors at a residence located at 286 44th St. in Copiague, when they were involved in an altercation with two of the residents of the home, officials said.

The residents, a 34-year-old father and his 16-year-old son, were both stabbed during the altercation.

The contractors, who are also father and son, fled the scene in a work van and called 911 from a nearby gas station to report the incident.

The victims were transported to a local hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.

Suffolk County officers took the contractors into custody a short time later at Valero gas station, located at 3359 Great Neck Road in Copiague.

Selvin Mills, 50, and Savion Mills, 19, were each charged with assault, criminal possession of a weapon, and endangering the welfare of a child.

They were held overnight and scheduled to be arraignedon Thursday.

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