RIVES TWP., MI – A Rives Township man is in critical condition after suffering a gunshot wound during a fight with his father Wednesday morning.

Police were called at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 17, to a home in the 1800 block of Baseline Road on the border of Jackson and Ingham Counties for a report of a domestic disturbance, according to the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office.

The 911 caller reported he had gotten into a physical fight with his son, 23, inside the home and a gun was fired during the fight, police said.

The father was able to escape from the home to call 911. Police said he was injured during the fight, but not by gunshot.

Deputies arrived and surrounded the home. The Jackson County Special Response Team was called to the scene after repeated attempts to contact the man

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