YPSILANTI TOWNSHIP, MI – An 18-year-old from Ypsilanti Township is in custody after shooting his friend in the chest, police say.

The suspect appears to have accidentally discharged a firearm, shooting his 18-year-old friend, said Derrick Jackson, Washtenaw County Sheriff’s Office spokesman.

The shooting occurred on the 100 block of Stevens Drive in Ypsilanti Township on Saturday afternoon, May 11.

Huron Valley Ambulance paramedics responded at about 4:20 p.m. and transported one patient in critical condition to the emergency room at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Superior Township, said HVA spokesman Matt Rose.

The victim, who is from the Ann Arbor area, was in surgery Saturday night, and an update on his condition was not immediately available Sunday, Jackson said.

The Sheriff’s Office is continuing to investigate.