NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Metro Police officers were involved in a standoff on Clarksville Pike on Thursday with a 28-year-old man accused of domestic-related attempted criminal homicide.

Accordidng to police, David Beranek was charged with the severe beating of his 64-year-old father Wednesday afternoon inside their Clarksville Pike home in Joelton.

His father suffered lacerations on his head and wounds to both of his arms. He also had wounds on both of his arms.

He was transported to Skyline Medical Center for treatment and has since been released from the hospital.

According to police, it was revealed that during a domestic dispute, Beranek disarmed his father of the pistol he was carrying. The magazine fell from the gun during the struggle, after which the father ran away for help.

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