LAKEWOOD — A Connecticut man was placed on life support Friday night after he attempted to kill himself at a local gun range, police said.

Police responded to the Shore Shot Pistol Range on Airport Road at around 6 p.m. on Friday and found the victim, a 36-year-old male from Stamford, Conn., who had sustained a single gunshot wound to the head and was unresponsive but breathing, authorities said.

The man was airlifted to Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune after being treated by EMS workers at the scene and was later placed on life support, said Sgt. Greg Staffordsmith of the Lakewood Police Department.

An investigation is being conducted by Lakewood police, the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office and the Ocean County Sheriff’s Office.

This was the second reported self-inflicted gunshot wound at the Shore Shot range in about a week. A 30-year-old Lakewood man died on Sept. 6 after shooting himself in the chest at the range, police said.

This story will be updated as more details are available.

--NJ Advance Media's Rob Spahr contributed to this report.