It would not surprise me if there were some relevant backstory, perhaps involving drugs or psychological problems. 25-year-old man, living in his parents’ house, doing a little food service for pocket money ... it raises the possibility that he had ... er ... “issues.”
I sympathize with the parents. I have some children that I worry they’ll do something catastrophically foolish, and some of my friends have children who have done it. However, it was within Mr. Reeves’s power to leave his son alone in his room until ... whatever. Instead, he chose to involve the police. Let’s not forget that it’s possible Mr. Reeves saved someone’s life by making the call: his, his wife’s, the ex-girlfriend’s, a total stranger’s ...
Having lost a son to drugs (at 37), I know how painful those types of decisions really are. Sometimes, you’re dammed if you do and dammed if you don’t.