He then proceeded to pull a gun and held his mother hostage for several hours, according to a report filed under the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
The man, Robert Edward Tyrrell Jr., remained in jail Thursday without bond. He faces jail and false imprisonment as a result of his maternally targeted hold-up.
"He wanted her to do some ironing, and when she said ‘no,' they got into an argument," Griffith said. "He told her ‘ironing is woman's work.' " Tyrrell lives with his parents.
