SEMMES, Ala. (WALA) – A preliminary hearing is set for Dec. 5 for a Semmes man facing assault charges following a Tuesday shooting that injured another man.

Turon Rashad McNutt, 59, was booked into the Mobile County Metro Jail on Thursday and later released that day, jail records show.

According to Semmes Police Chief Todd Friend, officers responded to Brooklyn Way North and found a man who had been shot in the left thigh. According to investigators, the victim had gone to the home with his girlfriend, who is McNutt’s stepdaughter.

Authorities said the two men argued while McNutt sat in his vehicle and in the driveway and the victim sat by the driver’s side window. McNutt allegedly sprayed the victim with pepper spray, then shot him in the leg from inside the vehicle.

The victim was transported to an area hospital for medical treatment.

McNutt is charged with two counts of first-degree assault, jail records show.

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