Details remain sketchy in what the Porter County Sheriff’s Police is calling an apparent attempted murder and suicide on Wednesday at a residence in Union Township.

According to police, at 8:42 a.m. officers were dispatched to the residence at 196N 750W in response to a report of a man’s being shot by his brother.

On officers’ arrival, members of the Emergency Response Team made entry into the residence, where Lawrence Hull, 56, was found deceased in the kitchen with a single gunshot wound to the head believed at this time to be self-inflicted, police said.

His brother, Ronald O. Hull, 69, was found on a couch in the living room with a gunshot wound to the neck, police said.

Ronald Hull was transported to Porter Valparaiso Hospital Campus, where he remains hospitalized. A Porter hospital spokesperson, citing confidentiality laws, was unable to report on his condition today.

An autopsy was conducted this morning on Lawrence Hull but Coroner Vicki Deppe was unavailable for comment.

The investigation is continuing, police said.