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Adult son convicted, sentenced to life for shooting and beheading father in Pennsylvania

BUCKS COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, JUL 11 – Justin Mohn was convicted of first-degree murder and terrorism for a politically motivated killing and sentenced to life without parole, marking Pennsylvania's first terrorism conviction under state law.

  • Justin Mohn was found guilty of first-degree murder for killing and decapitating his father in January 2024.
  • Mohn received two life sentences for the murder of his father, Michael F. Mohn, as announced by the court.
  • During the trial, Mohn admitted to killing his father, claiming it was during an attempted citizen's arrest.
  • Prosecutors stated Mohn planned the murder to intimidate the government and further his political aspirations.
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Justin Mohn, a 33-year-old American from Pennsylvania, was sentenced to life in prison on Friday for the murder of his father and terrorism. He shot his father last January because he worked for the federal government, cut off his head, filmed himself with it and posted a video online, in which he called for more killings of government employees. Mohn became the first person in Pennsylvania history to be convicted of terrorism.

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WTXF broke the news in on Friday, July 11, 2025.
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