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CROWN POINT — A 65-year-old man is accused of shooting his fiance's son in the leg during a drunken argument at their Hammond home.

Kenneth R. Scott was charged Friday in Lake Criminal Court with aggravated battery, battery by means of a deadly weapon and battery resulting in serious bodily injury.

A police officer was dispatched the night of Oct. 6 to the family's home in the 800 block of 174th Place after receiving reports of the shooting, according to a probable cause affidavit.

The officer found the son braced against a wall in the home with a gunshot wound to his right upper thigh, the affidavit states. A long-barrel shotgun was resting against a nearby closet door.

The man's mother told police she went to bed around 10 p.m. and awoke to a loud “pop” noise, the affidavit states. She said she came out and found her son lying on the floor saying, “Mama, he shot me.”

The man was transported to the hospital, where he told police he was shot by Scott, her mother's fiance, after an argument.