LEEDS — State and local authorities are investigating a suspicious death after a rural Columbia County man was found dead in his basement while reportedly looking for a possible intruder on Friday night.

Columbia County Sheriff’s deputies and emergency medical personnel responded to a 911 call at 9:22 p.m. from a woman who said her husband had been shot in their home on Bradley Road in the town of Leeds, according to a news release. They found the 35-year-old man -- whose name is being withheld until extended family have been notified -- dead in the basement.

Deputies searched the house and found the woman and a small child hiding in another room. Both were escorted from the home unharmed.

During the call with dispatchers, the woman said her husband had gone to the basement with a gun after they heard noises and suspected someone was in their house. She said she then heard a gunshot, looked down the stairs and saw her husband dead.

The Columbia County K-9 Unit searched the area but didn’t find anyone still there.