MADERA, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – The Madera County Sheriff’s Office says one man is arrested and another is dead after a disturbance led to a shooting in Madera Monday morning.
Around 11:20 a.m., deputies say they responded to an incident at a home in the area of D and Ellis Streets in Madera after a cleaning company reported a shots-fired call inside a home they working inside.
The cleaning company told deputies that some sort of family disturbance had broke out among two adult male family members inside the house. An employee overheard a noise, went to offer help, and discovered the father and son in a physical struggle over a firearm. The son requested the employee call 9-1-1 for assistance.
Deputies say an adult male is in custody and they discovered a male body inside the home.
Detectives say they have determined the involved parties were a father and son.
The father lives at the residence on D Street, while the son was visiting from out of the area.
Out of an abundance of caution, area schools were placed on a temporary lockdown while law enforcement personnel secured the scene at the home. At no time were students or school personnel under a direct threat.
An ongoing investigation is happening according to the authorities. Names are being withheld at this time, pending completion of notification of next of kin.