In a quick turnaround, a 14-year-old Madisonville boy pleaded guilty to shooting his father Sunday afternoon.

Madisonville Patrolman Kevin Standridge said it was around 2:10 p.m. when he went to Lincoln Drive on a report of a shooting. He made contact with Carl Fuller, who said his son had shot him in the neck.

Fuller was taken to UT Medical Center by LIFESTAR for treatment. The son wasn't at the house at the time, but Officer Chris Williams soon found him and brought him back.

The son, Edward Carl Fuller, pleaded guilty to the shooting in Monroe County Juvenile Court Monday. Police say the boy and his father were having a verbal argument when the son grabbed a 9-mm handgun and the two began to struggle. During the struggle, the gun went off, shooting the father in the neck, police said.

The teen, initially charged with delinquency by aggravated assault, was allowed to plea to a lesser charge of reckless endangerment after the father said the shooting was an accident.

Fuller was released into the custody of his father and is scheduled to be back in court March 28.