KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — The son of a Kansas sheriff’s captain has been charged with fatally shooting his father.

Twenty-two-year-old Zachary Arnold was charged Monday with second-degree murder in the death of 57-year-old Chris Arnold. He was a captain with the Wyandotte County Sheriff’s Office, but was off-duty when he was killed Saturday at his home in Kansas City, Kansas. No details have been released about what led up to the shooting.

Zachary Arnold is being jailed without bond in neighboring Johnson County, Kansas. No attorney is listed for him in online records.

Wyandotte County Sheriff Don Ash said that Chris Arnold was “a man of integrity who loved his family, especially his son Zach, and served his community and his agency and we should honor that and we will.”

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WYANDOTTE COUNTY — Law enforcement authorities are investigating a fatal shooting and have made an arrest.

The sheriff’s office in Wyandotte reported Sunday that Sheriff’s Captain Chris Arnold was shot and killed   Saturday night at his residence, according to a social media report.

This was not a line of duty death, according to the sheriff’s department. 

Just before 8p.m., officers responded to the shooting at a home in the 2800 block of 76th Street, according to a media release.

A suspect, Arnold’s 22-year-old son, has been taken into custody and is being held in Johnson County on requested charges of premeditated first degree murder, according to online jail records.

Chris Arnold would have been 59-years old Monday, according to the sheriff’s department.  The  department asked the public to “Please keep us and his family in your prayers as we work through this tragedy.”

Authorities have released no additional details.