HOUSTON – Homicide detectives say a man was shot to death during some sort of fight with his son in southwest Houston overnight.
According to the Houston Police Department, Dentrell Adam Claverie, 21, was arrested and charged with murder Monday morning.
The police department tweeted just after midnight early Monday that South Gessner officers were at the scene of a homicide at 12600 Fondren Road, and that a possible suspect was in custody.
Police were initially called about a robbery in progress, but it turns out it was a domestic dispute between a father and son.
The son lives at the location and the father had been staying there for about a month. Police said the two got into an argument that escalated with the son grabbing a gun and allegedly shooting his father.
Officers said the son shot his father somewhere between four to six times. When asked what that argument was over, officers could only say some sort of “family matter.”
Police said there were multiple people inside at the time of the shooting, including children, and there are multiple witnesses.
Later on Monday, family members said the 21-year-old acted in self defense. They claim the father was intoxicated at the time and had become physical with other family members.
"He didn't mean to do that. That was in an act of self defense. He was trying to defend his family. He asked his daddy to go several times and he didn't want to leave. He even went in the closet and called the police before everything just went off." said Takeila Calverie, the 21-year-old's mother.
"His father was intoxicated, not speaking correctly. He caused the argument. He was putting his hands on me. I had my child in my hands. My boyfriend defended his family. It was self defense. He had no reason to be on the property after we had already asked him to leave. We called the police, they took too long to come to the scene, he had to take matters into his own hands." said Claverie's girlfriend.