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FAIRMOUNT TWP. &mdash; Troopers from the Shickshinny barracks of the Pennsylvania State Police arrested a man Sunday after he allegedly fired several shots at another man&rsquo;s feet, striking the man in the shin with either a bullet or debris from a ricochet.
				Benjamin T. Jones, 38, of Benton was taken into custody after officers received reports of a gunshot victim at a Fairmount Township home on Sunday night.
				According to the criminal complaint:
				Troopers responded to a reported gunshot victim at 75 Tubbs Hill Road around 5 p.m. on Sunday. The victim met officers at the scene, and he was observed to have an open wound in his left shin.
				The victim told police that he had been roommates with Jones at a residence on Old Tioga Turnpike for approximately three weeks.
				He said that an argument had ensued between him and Jones after he woke Jones up. Jones then pulled a gun on the victim and pulled the trigger, but the gun failed to fire, according to the criminal complaint.
				The argument then carried on into the driveway of the Tubbs Hill Road residence, where the victim asked Jones for his belongings.
				Jones fired multiple shots at the victim&rsquo;s feet, wounding him in the shin. It wasn&rsquo;t clear whether the victim had been directly struck by a gunshot or wounded by debris from the resulting ricochet as the bullets hit the ground in front of him.
				Emergency personnel transported the victim to Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center for treatment.
				Troopers then went to the Old Tioga Turnpike residence and asked Jones to come outside. Jones complied, and was taken into custody without incident.
				Jones was arraigned on Monday morning in front of Magisterial District Judge James M. Dixon, where he was charged with two counts of aggravated assault, one count of reckless endangerment and one count of simple assault. He was jailed at the Luzerne County Correctional Facility without bail.
				A preliminary hearing is scheduled for March 26.

Benton man charged after roommate wounded by gunfire