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Police: Man hit son with hatchet

Updated: Wednesday, 09 Jan 2013, 11:12 AM EST
Published : Wednesday, 09 Jan 2013, 11:12 AM EST

THORNTOWN, Ind. (WISH) - A Boone County man was arrested after police say he attacked his son with a hatchet Friday night, 24-Hour News 8 news partner the Lebanon Reporter reports.

Officers found what they think is a fully automatic AR-15, or similar type of rifle in the man’s Thorntown home.

Police officials said 54-year-old Michael L. Wilson struck his adult son with a 20-inch hatchet during a fight. Wilson was arrested on a preliminary charge of battery with a deadly weapon, a Class C felony.

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