Metro police: Father fatally shot 20-year-old son during argument

Authorities are investigating after a Nashville father fatally shot his 20-year-old son inside their home in the northern part of the city.

Police said the 42-year-old man admitted to shooting his son in the neck during a heated argument inside the home on Malta Drive, just off Whites Creek Pike.

Police said the father and son had a continuing dispute and both had armed themselves because of it. The father reportedly told the son he needed to move out. He told police his son then drew a gun on him, prompting him to open fire.

Metro police and the District Attorney’s Office will work to determine whether the father should be charged with the son’s death. The father was charged Sunday with unlawful gun possession by a convicted felon.