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Police: Father shoots, kills adult son during fight over gun

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INDIANAPOLIS -- A person was killed Thursday night on the east side near Lawrence.

The shooting happened around 8:30 p.m. on the 4000 block of Cass Court.

Indianapolis police said they arrived to find Keith Freeman Jr., 38, suffering from a gunshot wound. He was pronounced dead a short time later.

Police say the incident began when Freeman and his father, Keith Freeman Sr., 63, were arguing when the father pulled a gun. The father and son began to fight over the gun when it went off, killing the son.

The senior Freeman was arrested and preliminarily charged with reckless homicide.