Accused Slayer Takes Gun Back to Store, Complains

A man who allegedly killed his father and wounded his stepmother returned to a gun store a few hours later and asked for his money back on the murder weapon, saying he didn’t like the way it handled, authorities say.

William Joseph Ferran, 29, bought a Titan .25-caliber automatic pistol at Barrett’s Guns at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, employee Phyllis Warren told investigators. He also bought 50 rounds of ammunition.

At 4:15 p.m. Tuesday, Warren said, Ferran returned the pistol and asked for a refund, saying the gun hurt his hand when he fired and was difficult to handle.

He had purchased the gun for $69.95 but was given only $30 because the gun was used, she said.

The pistol matched the slugs found in the suburban Orange County home of Wilbur Ferran, 62, and his wife, Jeanette, 49, according to Orange County Sheriff’s Department spokesman Randy Means. Jeanette Ferran was reported in critical condition Friday.