In the quiet hours of a summer night in Price, Utah, a family dispute turned deadly, leaving 53-year-old Eric Allred, a White male, dead from a gunshot wound to the chest. The fatal incident occurred just after midnight on Saturday, August 2, 2025. Responding to a distressing 911 call, Carbon County Sheriff's deputies arrived at a residence to find a grim scene. Inside the home, Eric Allred was discovered lying on his back, a single gunshot wound to the center of his chest. He was wearing a holster with a firearm at his waist.
The harrowing 911 call that summoned law enforcement was allegedly made by the victim's own father, 82-year-old Franklin D. Allred. In the recorded call, a man identifying himself as Frank Allred informed the dispatcher that he had just shot a man in his home. When asked for the identity of the man, he confirmed it was his son. During the call, he stated that his son had been aggressive with him before he fell silent, though he did not disconnect the call.
Upon their arrival, deputies were met with resistance from Franklin Allred, who initially refused to exit the house. He was eventually removed from the home by force and taken to a local hospital for a cut on his hand. At the hospital, a distraught Allred reportedly made statements about shooting his son. He was later transported to the Carbon County Sheriff's Office for questioning, where he claimed to have no memory of the events that transpired after sitting around a fire pit with his son, attempting to resolve their differences.
The investigation into the shooting revealed a backdrop of family tension and the involvement of alcohol. Franklin Allred told investigators that his son was upset with him over feelings of jealousy towards his sisters, believing he was not as important to his father. The father and son had been drinking wine together by the fire pit while "hashing things out." Allred claimed that his son would become aggressive, yelling at and threatening him when intoxicated. He stated that his son must have been "way out of line" for him to have resorted to such a drastic action. Following the incident, Franklin D. Allred was charged with the murder of his son, Eric F. Allred.
