A search is underway for a 20-year-old man who police say shot his father Wednesday morning and then fled the scene.

The shooting happened at 8:12 a.m. at a home in the 1200 block of Longbrook Drive in Bessemer. Lt. Christian Clemons said the son and his father got into an argument outside and the son then fired on his father.

The father was shot one time in the torso. He was taken to UAB Hospital’s Trauma Center but was alert and conscious when he was transported from the scene.

The son, along with his brother and a friend, left in an “old school” maroon vehicle with a white top and rims.

Clemons said the cause of the argument wasn’t immediately known. Anyone with information is asked to call Bessemer police at 205-481-4366.