LEWISTON (NEWS CENTER Maine) -- A Lewiston man has been arrested on assault and threatening charges stemming from an altercation and shooting in Lewiston early Saturday morning.
Police say 26-year-old Jordan Waterman is charged with elevated aggravated assault, criminal threatening with a dangerous weapon, reckless conduct and violation of conditions release.
Waterman and another 26-year-old man were fighting around 4:15 a.m. at the corner of Bartlett and Pine Streets when Waterman shot him in the leg, according to police. The victim's injuries are not life-threatening, they said.
The victim and Waterman previously knew each other and the shooting was related to an earlier argument between them, police say.
Waterman is being held at Androscoggin County Jail, and his bail has yet to be set.
