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An apparent fight over when to quit watching football turned deadly Sunday when authorities say a Morgan County man fatally shot his teenage son.
David Carrender, 49, was arrested on a preliminary murder charge after his son, 19-year-old Wyatt Carrender, was shot to death in the family’s Martinsville home.
Morgan County Sheriff Robert Downey said the Carrenders had been out watching football games when they started fighting over whether to return home.
The arguing continued once the pair returned home, Downey said. “It appears the father retrieved a handgun and shot his son, it appears, six times.”
Downey said David Carrender is believed to have been drinking.
The house is in the northeast part of the county in the 6600 block of Crooked Creek Drive,, a Morgan County dispatcher said Sunday.
The father’s girlfriend and the son’s girlfriend also were with the Carrenders when the incident happened, Downey said.
David Carrender does not have an arrest record in Morgan County.
Wyatt Carrender’s driver’s license lists a Bloomington address, a Morgan County dispatcher said, though Downey said Wyatt Carrender is believed to have been living with his father at the time.
Formal charges against David Carrender will likely be filed Tuesday, Downey said. An autopsy on Wyatt Carrender’s body also is expected to be performed Tuesday.
Additional details about the incident were unavailable Monday.