A retired D.C. police officer fatally shot his son during a domestic disturbance in the family’s home Monday night in Northeast Washington, according to authorities.

Police identified the victim as Carl Holloway, 33, and said he had a weapon, but they declined to describe it.

No charges have been filed and police did not publicly identify the father, who retired from the police department in the early to mid-1990s. He had run a private security company but it was unclear whether he still worked in that field. Calls to the home were not answered.

The shooting occurred about 9:50 p.m. in the 2300 block of Woodridge Street NE, just off Rhode Island Avenue and near the Maryland border. Police did not publicly describe what led to the shooting but said that investigators were trying to determine whether it was justified.

Holloway has no prior criminal record but was arrested Oct. 23 and charged with assault after police said in an affidavit that he hit his father in the shoulder during an argument inside the home.

Holloway had been scheduled to appear in D.C. Superior Court on Tuesday. His attorney, Alvin H. Thomas Jr., said a plea agreement had been negotiated that would result in the charge being dropped if Holloway went to counseling.

Thomas said he did not know the nature of October’s dispute between the father and son. He described his client as having cognitive problems but nothing that he said would lead to violent tendencies. He said he spoke to his client Monday evening.

“He did not seem to be in a state of mind where attacking his father was likely,” Thomas said. “We had a very nice and pleasant conversation. We talked about life for a bit. He seemed fine.”