A domestic dispute in North Nashville ended in deadly shooting on November 26, 2017. Twenty-year-old Mario Jr. Ford was shot inside his father’s Malta Drive home after an argument over the son moving out. The verbal fight escalated; both men reportedly armed themselves with pistols. According to the father’s statement to Metro Nashville Police, Mario Jr. drew first and the father fired in self-defense, striking his son in the neck.

Emergency crews found Mario Jr. around 9:30 a.m. and he was taken to a hospital where he died. The father, Mario Ford Sr., then 42, was a convicted felon, which made his possession of a firearm illegal; he was arrested and charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm.

If anyone knew the family or witnessed the incident that morning, please share what you remember with investigators.