A DeKalb County man has been charged in a weekend shooting that injured a 16-year-old boy who, along with friends, was playing a common teenage prank on a neighbor.

Ronnie Lee Neeley, 64, of Sylvania, turned himself in on Wednesday on charges of second-degree assault, discharging a weapon into an occupied vehicle and two counts of menacing, according to DeKalb County Sheriff Jimmy Harris.

Harris said the teen and several friends were trying to roll a neighbor's yard with toilet paper Saturday when Neeley pulled a gun and opened fire. It was not immediately clear if Neeley's yard was the one they were rolling.

The teen, who was sitting in a vehicle, was struck in the hip. He was taken to Erlanger Hospital in Chattanooga, where he was treated for his injury and released.

"This is a traumatic incident that could have been tragic had the bullet taken a different path," Harris said. "We are very thankful that the child did not suffer any more injury than he did."

Neeley was booked into the county jail and immediately released on $23,500 bond.