HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) -- Harris County Sheriff's Office deputies are searching for a 17-year-old accused of shooting and killing his father during a fight at a home in northwest Harris County early on Friday.

According to the sheriff's office, Precinct 1 was called to a home on Westbank Avenue near West Road and Fairbanks North Houston around 1:20 a.m. When deputies got there, they found a 37-year-old man had been shot and killed.

After speaking with family members, investigators said they learned the father and son had been fighting when the 17-year-old got out a pistol, shot his father, and ran off from the house.