Houston, June 12 (ANI): A dispute over a cockroach led a US man to assault his stepfather and hit his mother, police revealed.

According to Houston Chronicle, Investigators said that 23-year-old Zachary Paul Thornhill flew into a rage during a dispute Thursday over the fate of the bug in the 900 block of Knights Court in Friendswood, Texas.

After refusing to kill the cockroach, Thornhill became enraged and is accused of kicking his stepfather and throwing objects at him, then hitting his mother across the back, according to the Friendswood Police Department crime blotter.

Thornhill is also accused of breaking a window at the residence. (ANI)