ORANGEVILLE --

Authorities say a 24-year-old Kalamazoo man was hospitalized Monday after being

by his stepfather near Orangeville.

According to a news release from the Barry County Sheriff's Office, deputies from Barry and Allegan counties as well as troopers from the Michigan State Police responded at around 7 a.m. to the report of a shooting in the 7000 block of Boysen Road in Orangeville Township.

Police reports from this morning said the shooter told dispatchers that he shot his stepson after the stepson forced entry into the home and was assaulting him. The most recent news release about the incident says the weapon used was a "small caliber weapon."

The victim fled the home after the incident and police later learned he was at a home on 124th Avenue. He is currently being treated at Borgess Medical Center for non-life-threatening injuries, the news release says.

The incident is still under investigation, and no other information is currently available.

Simon A. Thalmann is a public safety reporter for the Kalamazoo Gazette. Contact him at sthalman@mlive.com or at 269-350-0708. Follow him on Facebook and Twitter.