A Fairbanks man was arrested Saturday after police say he called 911 to report he had accidentally shot a man.

Police were called to a Fairbanks home around 3:57 p.m., where they found Vernon Smoke, 36, had been shot in the abdomen. He was taken to Fairbanks Memorial Hospital, where plans were being made to fly him to Seattle, according to a release from the Fairbanks Police Department.

About 15 minutes later, Adrian Mendizabal, 37, called 911 to "report that he had shot Smoke," and "was turning himself in," police said in the release. Officers found Mendizabal near the house where the shooting happened, with a 12-gauge shotgun nearby.

Police said Mendizabal told them he'd bartered for the shotgun a few days before, and "after hearing on the street that Smoke and a few other individuals were out to get him" he had gone to the apartment for a confrontation.

Mendizabal told police he had sat in a chair in a bedroom waiting for Smoke, and when he walked into the room Mendizabal "put the shotgun on 'safe' and the gun just went off," according to the version of events released by Fairbanks police.