Concord police fire deadly shots after violent father-son dispute: officials, neighbors

CONCORD, Calif. - Concord police fired deadly shots following a violent encounter between a son and his father, according to the Contra Costa County DA, police and a neighbor.

Concord police did acknowledge that there was an "officer-involved shooting" about 1:30 a.m. in the 1900 block of Natoma Drive.

That's where police said they were called out "about a person attacking a family member with a knife."

Police did not spell out the relationship between the family members. 

But a neighbor told KTVU that it was a son who allegedly stabbed his father. 

Concord police then fired shots at the son, the neighbors said, who was hit. 

Police said the man who had been armed with the knife – who neighbors said was the son – was pronounced dead at the scene.

The father was taken to John Muir Hospital, neighbors said. 

Police said that person is expected to survive. 

Neighbors said the stabbing occurred at a home occupied by a quiet family who mostly stays to themselves.

The Contra Costa County District Attorney's Office said they sent a team to the scene as is protocol for deadly officer-involved shootings.