BARTON COUNTY- Law enforcement authorities in Barton County are investigating a shooting.

Just after 10p.m. on Friday, the Great Bend Police Department was dispatched to the 200 block of Baker Street in reference to a subject with a gunshot wound, according to a media release.

Upon arrival, officers discovered that a 39-year-old white male had been shot.

Upon investigation, officers learned that a 65-year-old white male was staying at the residence with an elderly man who lives there.

The 65-year-old claimed that he heard noise outside and walked around the house to investigate.

When he came back inside, he allegedly saw the younger man, who was apparently burglarizing the house, wrestling with the elderly resident.

He then shot the alleged burglar.

The burglary suspect was treated by Great Bend Fire/ EMS and transported to Great Bend Regional Hospital. He was later sent to a hospital in Wichita for in serious but stable condition, according to police.