A Pea Ridge father was accused of shooting his son Tuesday morning, according to Lt. Michael Lisenbee with the Pea Ridge Police Dept.A "domestic disturbance" occurred between Benjamin Caston Jr., age 59, and his son, Evan Caston, according to Lisenbee."The caller was the father. He called saying he fired a warning shot toward his son," Lisenbee said. During that disturbance, the father used a .38 caliber revolver to shoot his son once.Evan Caston left the home and fled to another residence on Hazelton Road. When police arrived, he was brought to the Northwest Medical Center in Bentonville. His injuries were not believed to be life-threatening. Benjamin Caston Jr. was arrested on suspicion of Aggravated Assault on a Family or Household Member and Domestic Battering in the First Degree. Lisenbee said the two have had a series of domestic issues in the past, but that Pea Ridge police had not ever responded this house." It is a case of domestic violence through and through. It’s a son and father and these cases of domestic violence have a tendency to get deadly sometimes."Richards Street is in a neighborhood southwest of the Pea Ridge Primary School and west of the Pea Ridge City Court.

A Pea Ridge father was accused of shooting his son Tuesday morning, according to Lt. Michael Lisenbee with the Pea Ridge Police Dept.

A "domestic disturbance" occurred between Benjamin Caston Jr., age 59, and his son, Evan Caston, according to Lisenbee.


"The caller was the father. He called saying he fired a warning shot toward his son," Lisenbee said.

During that disturbance, the father used a .38 caliber revolver to shoot his son once.

Evan Caston left the home and fled to another residence on Hazelton Road. When police arrived, he was brought to the Northwest Medical Center in Bentonville. His injuries were not believed to be life-threatening.

Benjamin Caston Jr. was arrested on suspicion of Aggravated Assault on a Family or Household Member and Domestic Battering in the First Degree.

Lisenbee said the two have had a series of domestic issues in the past, but that Pea Ridge police had not ever responded this house.

" It is a case of domestic violence through and through. It’s a son and father and these cases of domestic violence have a tendency to get deadly sometimes."

Richards Street is in a neighborhood southwest of the Pea Ridge Primary School and west of the Pea Ridge City Court.