A retired black Florida police officer told police that he got into a funk when he shot and killed his 22-year-old son in the garage of their home after an argument over child custody

African-American Timothy Allen Davis Senior, 47, was charged with first-degree murder after police said that he shot Timothy Davis Junior once in the chest with a handgun at the family's detached house in Apopka. He told investigators that he got into a funk and had lost it by the time he pulled the trigger. David Sr worked for the Orlando police force for 18 years before retiring in 2006 as a lieutenant, while his son was a former high school football star who played as a defensive lineman for the University of Alabama. The pair got into a argument after Davis Jr's ex-girlfriend took their three-year-old son from the home. Davis Sr told his son that he needed to let the courts handle the custody battle, but the younger Davis cursed at his father, tackled him and punched him. The police report states that Davis Sr's wife, Tarsha, broke up the fight before her husband eventually went to retreive his .38-calibre handgun from his car. Davis Sr's nine-year-old daughter told police that she saw her father walk out of the home with a bloody mouth. The girl said that she watched as her father just took the gun and shot her brother. Police arrested Davis Sr when he confessed to the killing. Davis Jr died at Orlando Regional Medical Center. Davis Sr, who currently owns a day care center with his wife called Park Avenue Kids, was treated for a knee injury at Florida Hospital in Apopka before he was taken to the Orange County Jail.