The State Police are reporting that at 12:51 a.m. Saturday the Town of Webb Police received a call from a vacationing police officer form Perry, N.Y., that he had shot what he believed was an intruder.

Investigators say that Michael Leach, 59, accidentally shot and killed his son 37-year-old Matthew Leach, when the younger man returned to their motel room at Clark’s Beach Motel.

Michael Leach’s service weapon was used in the shooting, police said.

The investigation is ongoing; an autopsy was scheduled Sunday. Its results were not available as of press time.

Additional information was not available as the Express went to press Monday.

— M. Lisa Monroe