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Investigators: ISP trooper shot by juvenile son

GRANGER, Ind. (WISH) — Investigators say an Indiana State Police trooper was shot by his juvenile son.

According to the St. Joseph County Prosecutor’s Office, off-duty ISP Trooper Matt Makowski was shot just after 11 p.m. Thursday night in his home in the 10000 block of Conover Drive.

His son has been detained on a preliminary charge of attempted murder.

Investigators say he was shot one time in his lower extremities.

His condition is described as “semi-stable” following surgery at a hospital.