Father detained in fatal shooting of son inside SW Miami-Dade home
MIAMI — Miami-Dade police said a dad has been detained in the shooting death of his son in Southwest Miami-Dade Friday afternoon.
Detectives said the call came in at around 2 p.m., about a domestic disturbance at a house in the 10700 block of SW 84th Avenue.
When responding officers arrived, they found a man in his 20s suffering from a gunshot wound. He was declared dead at the scene. MDPD identified the man as 21-year-old Erik Contreras on Saturday morning.
The father of the victim — later identified as 52-year-old David Contreras and was the one who called 911 — was detained in what police called a domestic-related murder. According to the arrest affidavit obtained by CBS News Miami, he shot his son "multiple times for unknown reasons."
David was later charged with second-degree murder, according to the affidavit.
They said this was an isolated incident and that there was no threat to the community at large.
Images from Chopper 4 showed a heavy police presence outside the large home, which had been cordoned off with yellow tape.
Police said this is an active investigation.
