By Aidan Mortensen | KOAL News

Just after midnight on Saturday, Aug. 2, Carbon County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a call where the caller claimed he had just shot his son.

Franklin D. Allred, age 82, has been charged with murder for his alleged role in the death of his son, Eric Allred, age 53.

According to court documents, when the deputies arrived to the scene,” A few feet inside the door to the south the victim was laying on his back with an apparent gunshot wound to the center of his chest.”

The victim was found wearing a holster with a gun around his waist.

In the affidavit, the arresting officer recounts the audio of the call to dispatch,” A man, who identified himself as Frank Allred, informed dispatch that he had just shot a man in his home. Dispatch asked Frank if he knew who the man was. Frank advised it was his son.”

Allegedly, Frank Allred stated during this call that his son was being aggressive with him before going silent, but not hanging up the phone.

Upon arrival, Allred reportedly refused to exit the house, requiring deputies to remove him from the premises forcefully. Allred was taken to Castleview Hospital for treatment for a cut on his hand. During this time, the affidavit states,” Frank would cry and make statements about shooting his son.”

After being released from the hospital, investigators attempted to question Allred at the Sheriff’s Office.

“Frank stated he didn’t remember anything and doesn’t know how he got from his house to here. I asked Frank what the last thing he remembered was. Frank said the last thing he remembers was ironing out differences while sitting around the fire pit at his house with his son,” reads the affidavit. “I asked Frank what did he mean by that. Frank stated his son was upset with him because he was jealous of his sisters and felt he wasn’t as important as them.”

Allred explained that before the incident, he was allegedly” hashing things out.”

According to the affidavit, alcohol played a role, with Eric Allred allegedly drunk during the argument. “Frank said he was mad and that is why he took the gallon jug of wine with him out to the fire with the victim. Frank said he was overdoing it – drinking more on purpose while they were hashing things out.”

During this time, Allred claimed he was scared when his son was drunk, as he would allegedly yell at and threaten him.

“Frank stated the victim must have been way out of line for him to do that,” says the affidavit. “Frank then stated, ‘I kinda knew, but I can’t believe I actually did that. I asked Frank what he kinda knew. Frank stated since he was at the sheriff’s office this is what he figured happened … While interviewing Frank, I could smell the odor of an alcoholic beverage.”

Allred has since been booked in the Carbon County Jail.