BELLEVILLE -- A father has been arrested in connection with the Sunday night shooting of his 23-year-old son, officials said Monday.

Belleville police are investigating the shooting, officials said.

According to Capt. Daniel Ward of the Belleville Police, 56-year-old Robert M. Jones was charged with aggravated assault and possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose in connection with the shooting of his adult son inside their Mallone Avenue home Sunday night.

Ward said police do not know what prompted an altercation between the two, but that after the shooting, the son went to a neighbor's house, who called police.

The son was still hospitalized Monday, but was in stable condition, Ward said.

Jones is being held on $150,000 bail, Ward said.

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