Vanessa Reich describes her neighborhood as a nice and peaceful place to live.

So seeing police vehicles pulling onto her street in unincorporated King County east of Redmond Friday evening was quite a surprise.

Deputies from the King County Sheriff’s Office were responding to a call they received at 5:25 p.m. for a family disturbance.

According to a sheriff’s office press release, a 22-year-old man had allegedly shot and killed his 51-year-old father at their residence in the 22000 block of Northeast 75th Street — which is next door to Reich’s home.

Reich was home at the time, but said she did not hear any gunshots.

“We just started seeing cop cars pull in. Pretty freaky. They were parked all the way up and down the road,” she said. “It’s sad when we found out what happened. We saw it on the news.”

Reich said she knew the grandmother living at the home, but not any other family members.

“I’d see (the father) walk the dogs, but I never ever was out here to talk to him or anything. I don’t think my husband ever talked to him,” said Reich.

The son, Mark Karasek, was charged Tuesday afternoon with second-degree murder, accused of fatally shooting his father, Zdenek Karasek, on Friday. In addition, Mark was also charged with unlawful possession of a firearm in the first degree.

Court documents state that at about 5:15 p.m., the father and son were arguing while the latter’s girlfriend, grandmother and 11-year-old brother were present in the family’s home at the time. In addition, two of the suspect’s friends were present.

The documents state that Zdenek “was shot several times and died at the scene.”

According to the documents, Zdenek had told his son to move out of the home, which led to a daylong argument between the two.

Mark’s girlfriend reported hearing them arguing and was standing “several feet away from Zdenek when she heard gunshots and saw Zdenek fall to the floor in the living room.” In the documents, she stated that she could not see the shooter because they were blocked by either the kitchen wall or the hallway wall, though she said Mark was the only one arguing with Zdenek at the time of the shooting.

Mark’s grandmother stated in the documents that she heard several gunshots during the argument and ran out of the house. His younger brother also heard the gunshots. According to the documents, the boy went into his bedroom to hide under his bed when Zdenek and Mark began arguing loudly. When the gunshots went off, the 11-year-old jumped out of his bedroom window, the documents state.

According to the documents, the three witnesses — Mark’s girlfriend, grandmother and younger brother — all knew him to own firearms. Family members reported that he is the only one in the home who owns firearms.

The charging documents state that after Mark’s two friends heard three shots fired, the suspect came into the bedroom they were in, “handed the the keys to a Crown Victoria to (one of them) and told them to leave.”

Documents state that Mark told officers “he was in his bedroom all day and never came out of his room.” He also denied “ever seeing his dad or arguing with him as was witnessed by the three occupants of the home.”

When deputies arrived on the scene, they directed Mark, who was later arrested, and an 18-year-old female out of the house, the press release added. Inside the house, they found Zdenek deceased from gunshot wounds. “A bullet hole to Zdenek’s left shoulder and a lacerating gunshot wound to his face were visible,” charging documents state.

There was no one else inside the house and no one else was injured.

Police also found three .40 caliber spent shell casings on the sitting room carpet and two bullet holes were visible in the room’s west hall, according to the documents. In addition, a magazine of .40 caliber rounds consistent with the spent shell casings was found in the water tank of a toilet in a bathroom located near the suspect’s bedroom.

Reich said she wasn’t aware if there were any prior disturbances or if the police were ever called to the home.

“I’ve never seen anything like that before,” she said of Friday’s incident.

Major Crimes detectives responded and processed the scene on Friday. Mark, who was convicted of vehicular homicide in 2013, remains in jail with bail set at $2 million. An arraignment is scheduled for 8:30 a.m. on Jan. 26 at the King County Courthouse.

If convicted, he faces a minimum of almost 18 years in prison.

Reporter editor Andy Nystrom contributed to this report.