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A Lebanon man who didn't like a joke his co-workers told about him is in prison after shooting one of them in the behind, city police said.

Police Chief Daniel Wright reported Monday that Jose Diodonet, 26, was working at Capital Leasing on North Lincoln Avenue around 2:30 p.m. Thursday when Jonathan Garcia, 29, laughed at the joke another employee made at Diodonet's expense.

Diodonet, who was working on a truck wheel, pulled a pistol from his pocket, and shot Garcia in the buttocks, the chief said. He said Diodenet surrendered to police at a relative's home on Saturday night and was charged with aggravated assault and reckless endangerment.

Diodonet is in the Lebanon County Correctional Facility in lieu of $100,000 bail.

Police said Garcia initially lied to investigators and said he didn't know who shot him or why.