( CNN ) -- An 84-year-old man shoots his son . So what does his grandson do , according to authorities , in his own father 's defense ? Shoot -- fatally , it turns out -- his grandfather . That 's what authorities said happened Monday night in Kittrell , a small North Carolina town of less than 500 people located about 35 miles south of the Virginia border . Vance County sheriff 's deputies responded around 7 p.m. to an address there after getting a call about a fight , Sheriff Peter White said in a news release . When they got there , deputies found two people shot . One was Lloyd Woodlief , 84 , who lived at the Kittrell home , according to White . He had been shot once with a 12-gauge shotgun and `` died shortly thereafter , '' the sheriff said . His son , 49-year-old Lloyd Peyton Woodlief , had been shot with a 22-caliber pistol , added White . The resident of nearby Henderson , North Carolina , was being treated at Duke Medical Center in Durham as of Tuesday afternoon . The other person involved was the 11-year-old grandson of Lloyd Woodlief . White said a preliminary investigation indicates that Lloyd Woodlief first shot his son . Then the 11-year-old boy shot his grandfather . Charges are pending , the sheriff added , though he did n't specify who might be charged , or with what . Deputy 's fatal shooting of boy carrying fake rifle ruled lawful . 'We called for help , and they killed my son , ' N.C. man says . Blame weak gun laws for holiday violence , Chicago 's top cop says . Authorities catch man they say fired first in Bourbon Street shooting . CNN 's Stephanie Gallman contributed to this report .
Authorities in North Carolina respond to a double shooting in Kittrell . A sheriff says that an 84-year-old man shot his son . Then , the older man 's 11-year-old grandson shot back , the sheriff adds . The grandfather , who was shot once with a 12-gauge shotgun , died .