The Wellington preacher, who police say was shot by his son, has been released from the hospital.

Rev. Mark Petric, 45, was discharged from MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland Friday , according to a hospital spokeswoman.

Petric`s house on Peck Wadsworth Road in Brighton Township, where the bloody scene took place last month, was empty Tuesday morning and neighbors said they hadn`t seen him come home.

Police accuse 16-year-old Daniel Petric of shooting his father in the face and shooting his mother three times, in the shoulder, forearm and head. His mother, 43-year-old Sue Petric, died instantly.

Daniel remains in the county jail on a $1 million bond. He is waiting to be tried as an adult in county Common Pleas Court.

Mark Petric is a pastor at New Life Assembly of God on West Street.

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