BATTLE CREEK, MI --

A man who led police on a chase last week that ended with him

with a 30-caliber rifle is expected to recover from the wound, authorities said Wednesday.

Calhoun County authorities have not yet released the man's name.

Police have not yet released the name of the 27-year-old Battle Creek man, pending his arraignment on criminal charges of fleeing and eluding and a felon in possession of a firearm, said Captain Steve Eddy of the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office.

Eddy said the man's condition Wednesday at Bronson Methodist Hospital had been upgraded from critical to serious-but-stable.

The man shot himself last Friday, May 24, after being pursued by Calhoun County Sheriff’s deputies for a mental petition order.

He had been living as a "survivalist" in a wooded area in Emmett Township, according to a news release about the incident issued by the department.

An Emmett Township Public Safety officer tried to make a traffic stop on the man when he spotted him traveling south on 11 Mile Road near N. Drive North at about 10:40 a.m. Friday.

Instead of stopping, the man showed a firearm and took off, leading authorities on a lengthy chase, ending near C. Drive South and 13 Mile Road in Fredonia.

He then fired a shot inside the vehicle, which authorities ruled as a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the chest. He was airlifted by Air Care to Bronson Methodist Hospital.