Spokane police are investigating a shooting on the city's north side in which the alleged perpetrator also tried to dismember the victim with a hatchet.

Police responded to a home about 5 a.m. Tuesday and found one man dead in the basement.

Police say 19-year-old Jeremy McVickers allegedly accidentally shot the victim in the head, killing him. Police say McVickers then tried to dismember the body in order to conceal the incident.

McVickers has been booked into jail for first degree manslaughter.