Two men were arrested by Battle Creek police hours after someone shot at a pick-up truck.

Warrants were authorized Tuesday by the Calhoun County prosecutor for Cody Hurt, 30, and Joshua Henson, 24, both of Battle Creek in the shooting of a vehicle about 5:20 p.m. Monday on the city's northeast side.

Hurt is facing charges of discharging a firearm from a vehicle, reckless use of a firearm two counts of possession by a felon of a firearm and using a firearm in the commission of a felony.

Henson was charged with operating a vehicle without a license and pleaded no contest at his arraignment Tuesday and was fined $225.

Hurt faces up to life in prison if convicted of all counts because he is charged as an habitual offender with prior convictions for larceny in Eaton County and possession of methamphetamine and auto theft in Calhoun County.

He was ordered held on $70,000 and Magistrate Joe Brutsche scheduled his preliminary examination for Feb. 1.

Battle Creek police have alleged that while Henson was driving an SUV, Hurt fired a shotgun at the rear of a pick-up truck which was turning into the parking lot of Boost Mobile at 738 Capital Ave. N.E.

The driver of the pick-up, a 48-year-old man from Marshall, said he and his son, 19, had been traveling north on Capital Avenue and as they turned they heard a loud noise and thought a tire blew out on their truck. They stopped and found damage to the tailgate which police said was caused by bird shot fired from a shotgun.

Neither the man nor his son were hurt. The man told police the only other vehicle nearby was an older model Ford Expedition with a man driving and a woman in the passenger seat. He said he didn't see anyone with a gun.

The man told police he had not experienced any road rage incident and didn't know why anyone would shoot at him.

Officers obtained pictures of the suspect vehicle from nearby security cameras and stopped a vehicle matching the description at 1:19 a.m. Tuesday in the 400 block of Capital Avenue Northeast.

Police said Henson was driving and told police he didn't have a license but told the officer, "I've got to tell you something."

He then said there was a shotgun in the vehicle next to the passenger, who was Hurt.

The gun was seized and Hurt arrested on the charges from the night before and for possession of the shotgun when he was stopped by police. He told officers he was glad they were there because he had been held captive for three days.

Police said Hurt admitted during an interview that he had fired the shotgun. He said he had been in the backseat of the SUV and Henson was driving and Henson's girlfriend was in the passenger seat in the front.

Hurt told police that Henson became angry at the other driver for no apparent reason and began following him and then told Hurt to use the shotgun to shoot at the truck.

Hurt told police he was not attempting to injure anyone and only fired at the back of the truck.

Contact Trace Christenson at 269-966-0685 or tchrist@battlecreekenquirer.com. Follow him on Twitter: @TSChristenson