FORT EDWARD — The Salem man who shot a pickup truck in his driveway, nearly hitting the driver, pleaded guilty Thursday to a three-count indictment to avoid a trial in the coming weeks.

Brian Tschorn, 36, pleaded guilty to felony counts of reckless endangerment and prohibited use of a weapon and misdemeanor criminal mischief for the June 19 gunfire at his Route 153 home, according to the Washington County District Attorney’s Office.

Police said a New Hampshire man who was lost wound up in Tschorn’s driveway that night, and Tschorn emerged from the home and fired at least six shots from a small-caliber rifle at the pickup truck and trailer, hitting the cab of the truck once and trailer twice. The victim was looking for a relative’s new home.

The shot to the truck’s roof narrowly missed the driver’s head, as the slug embedded in the vehicle’s instrument panel, police said.

A number of .223-caliber rounds were recovered from Tschorn’s remote property, and he surrendered a .22-caliber Ruger semiautomatic rifle to police, claiming that was the one he fired. Police said there were a number of other guns in the home when they searched it, but a .223-caliber rifle – which could be subject to the state’s Safe Act regulations – was not located.