Middletown, Conn./WTIC Radio - Police in Middletown are investigating a shooting from Sunday night.
Officers were called to the scene at 17 Elm Street around 10:30 p.m. on a report of a fight between relatives.
When they arrived they found Jerry sweeney, 46, of that address lying in the roadway with a gunshot wound to the stomach.
Officers rendered aid and Sweeney was transported to Hartford Hospital, where he is in stable condition.
Investigators say Sweeney was arguing with Arnie Clark, 43, of the Elm Street address.
Clark told officers Sweeney attacked him with a hatchet and that he fired in self defense.
Middletown police department's Major Crimes Division is heading the investigation.