Jorge Luis Valencia Lamadrid faces a charge of assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury after a Thanksgiving Day argument between his sons about the NFL protests during the United States' national anthem.
On Tuesday, WNCN reported the 51-year-old North Carolina man told police he accidentally pulled the trigger on his shotgun, striking his 21-year-old son on the hand and leg, when he was struck in the face by a water bottle during the dispute.
Lamadrid said he attempted to calm the situation before retrieving his shotgun in an effort to diffuse the fight.