An Ironton man was arrested Monday afternoon and charged with shooting another man in the chest.

Randy L. Hardy, 19, is charged with felonious assault. He was taken to the Lawrence County Jail.

The victim told police he was walking in the 600 block of South Eighth Street when Hardy yelled at him from an upstairs window of a house in that neighborhood and then shot him with a pellet gun.

The victim was treated at the scene by paramedics from Southeast Ohio Emergency Medical Services.

Ironton police are also investigating in incident Sunday in which one man allegedly tried to run over another man with a car.

The victim told police he was standing in front of a residence in the 800 block of Lawrence Street when the suspect allegedly ran into him with a vehicle. The victim claims the act was deliberate.

No arrests have been made yet in connection with this incident. It remains under investigation.