A young man, aged 22, is accused of fatally shooting his father during a domestic dispute in their Wisconsin residence. This incident reportedly left him showing minimal emotion as he explained the situation to law enforcement.

The accused, Ethan James Graverson, is facing charges of first-degree intentional homicide following the death of his father, whose identity remains undisclosed. According to a probable cause affidavit obtained by Law&Crime, the Calumet County Sheriff’s Office was alerted around 12:45 p.m. last Friday. Graverson had dialed 911, reporting that his father was “going crazy” and that he had shot him.

Lawmembers instructed Graverson to disarm and exit the property for questioning. Compliance was met as he emerged, admitting to the shooting. When asked about the number of shots fired, he allegedly responded with uncertainty, estimating “five, six maybe?” Inside, officers discovered the lifeless body of the victim, positioned upright in a closet, bearing gunshot wounds to his chest and groin. Death was confirmed on-site.

Investigators found five 9 mm shell casings scattered across the kitchen floor, as noted in the affidavit.

Graverson’s mother, who is also the wife of the deceased, arrived home from a grocery trip to find numerous police vehicles at her residence. She recounted that her son had struggled emotionally since moving back into the family home following a breakup about a year prior. Despite these challenges, she mentioned that nothing unusual occurred on the day of the tragic event.

When deputies asked if her husband and son got along, she responded, “oh my God did Ethan do something?” She said she knew of no ongoing arguments between the pair.

Graverson was taken to the sheriff’s office. Deputies noted that as he waited to be interviewed, Graverson “made a smirk and a small chuckle.”

“Ethan did not make any other type of emotion,” deputies wrote.

During an interview after receiving his Miranda rights, Graverson told deputies about his day and the moments leading up to the shooting. He allegedly said he got done with work around noon and came home to find his father drinking.

“Ethan said [his father] told him that he loves him and to calm down, and by the end of it, he was threatening to fight him,” the affidavit stated.

The suspect said he felt like his father was being condescending toward him and the two started to argue. Asked what they were arguing about, Graverson said, “just life in general,” the affidavit stated. He said he grabbed a gun from the garage.

“It wasn’t the first time I’ve grabbed the gun; it was the first time I used the gun,” he allegedly said.

Investigators asked why he grabbed the gun and Graverson reportedly said he came to the realization that his dad was a “monster.” Officials then tried to establish a timeline between when Graverson got home from work and when he allegedly shot his dad, noting that it didn’t seem like much time had passed.

“There’s been a lot of buildup and I didn’t think it needed a whole lot of time,” he allegedly said.

He stated his father said he was acting crazy.

“Ethan said he had enough of that,” cops wrote.

Graverson said his dad tried to convince him to put down the gun and give him a hug. When that didn’t work, Graverson said his dad wanted him to drop the weapon so they could fight “man to man.”

It was at this point that Graverson allegedly fired the first shot. He claimed he was in fear for his life and aimed for the center mass. He said his dad reached forward, so he fired several more times.

“Six to seven maybe, it wasn’t a full mag,” Graverson allegedly told deputies when asked how many times he fired.

The defendant said he had been thinking of killing his dad since he was 10 or 11 but admitted his father told him he loved him his whole life.

Detectives then told him his father was dead.

“I don’t know how to react to that,” he said, per the affidavit.

Graverson is in the Calumet County Jail on a $1 million bond.