Charges: Man fatally beat father with hammer after being released from hospital

A man with schizophrenia is facing murder charges for allegedly fatally beating his father with a hammer days after being released from the hospital.

Jamal Jevonta Nash, 29, of North St. Paul, was charged Tuesday with two counts of second-degree murder.

Through their investigation, law enforcement learned Nash had moved into his parents’ home on the 2700 block of Chippewa Avenue in North St. Paul on Oct. 17. The next day, Nash’s parents were setting up his room and organizing when Nash began swinging a ball-peen hammer at his father’s head.

The complaint says Nash’s mother was eventually able to get the hammer from Nash after he struck his father multiple times. Nash then ran from the home.

Nash’s brother later spoke to him on the phone, court records say, adding that his brother got his location, where police later arrested him.

Prior to the incident, Nash was in the hospi...