HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut police say a 17-year-old boy fatally stabbed his 71-year-old uncle and is in custody.

Hartford Deputy Police Chief Brian Foley says police are investigating the stabbing that took place in the city’s South End neighborhood on Monday afternoon.

Foley says the teen reportedly stabbed the man in the stomach.

Further information wasn’t immediately available late Monday afternoon.

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