Man accused of beheading his parents sang after being shot by police

A 41-year-old man accused of beheading his parents and killing their dog began singing Tina Turner's “What's Love Got to Do With It” after he was shot by an Orange County sheriff's deputy.

According to the Orange County Sheriff's Department, Joseph Brandon Gerdvil was arrested on suspicion of killing his parents, 77-year-old Ronald Walter Gerdvil and 79-year-old Antoinette Gerdvil, in their San Juan Capistrano home on July 9.

A bodycam video of the incident released on Friday shows Gerdvil, covered in blood and holding a metal object, walking toward a deputy sheriff shortly before he is shot, and cursing and singing as he lies wounded on the ground.

According to authorities, the series of disturbing events began when Gerdvil sent a text message to a cousin containing photos of his bloodied mother.

That relative called 911 around 7:30 a.m. to report a possible domestic assault on her elderly relatives who live in a trailer park in the 32000 block of Alipaz Street, authorities said. She told dispatchers her cousin suffers from mental health issues and has a history of violence.

Meanwhile, another dispatcher received a 911 call from a maintenance worker at the same trailer park who reported they were being chased by a bloodied man with a fork, authorities said.

The bloodied man, later identified as Gerdvil, drove away in the maintenance worker's golf cart in an unknown direction.

When deputies arrived at the scene, they found a bleeding person on the ground and a gruesome sight inside Gerdvil's parents' house.

“There’s a head on the counter,” one of the officers on site told the dispatchers.

Gerdvil reappeared a short time later on a bike path and then approached a sheriff's social worker who was sitting in her vehicle, authorities said. He then threw a shovel at the officer's vehicle and drove away in the golf cart.

Body camera footage shows what happened next: A blood-soaked Gerdvil parked the golf cart on the sidewalk and approached a deputy while holding a metal object.

He ignored the deputy's instructions and screamed something incomprehensible before the deputy fired five times and Gerdvil fell to the ground.

“F— you,” said Gerdvil as he lay wounded on the ground.

Gerdvil then rolled onto his stomach and was handcuffed.

He can be heard telling the officers, looking at the ground, “I love you” and “I'm sorry you have to die.”

As officers examined his wounds, Gerdvil said, “Kill me.”

“Please put one into my head. I beg you,” he said.

Once, as he lay bleeding on the ground and police and rescue workers were frantically running around the crime scene, Gerdvil began to sing.

“What's love got to do with it? What is love but a second-hand feeling?” he sang softly, quoting Tina Turner's 1984 hit.

He then switched to Stevie Wonder and sang “I just called to tell you I love you” while officers provided him medical attention.

It is unclear how many times he was hit, but the unnamed deputy who shot Gerdvil later told other deputies at the scene that he aimed at his chest and stomach.

Gerdvil has been charged with double murder and is still in the hospital, authorities said.

No officers were injured and the shooting is currently under investigation by the Orange County District Attorney's Office. The killings are currently under investigation by the Orange County Sheriff's Office Homicide Unit.