Chico >> An accidental shooting at a Chico apartment complex reportedly led Chico police to the identification of a hit-and-run suspect.

Police responded about 4 p.m. Wednesday to an apartment complex in the 1200 block of West Sacramento Avenue after a report of two men fighting, according to a press release.

An officer reportedly found Tristyn Jones, 19, of Chico walking away from the complex with blood on his face. At the same time, the officer heard a gunshot from the complex, and saw Danny Salazar, 18, of Chico with several wounds and blood on him.

Salazar was treated by medics at the scene.

Officers discovered the two men had been fighting. Salazar got an illegal shotgun from his apartment and went after Jones, accidentally triggering the gun, according to police.

Shotgun pellets grazed both of Salazar’s legs, causing minor injuries, police said, but did not injure anyone else or cause damage to the complex.

The shotgun was found behind a garbage bin at the complex.

Salazar was identified as the driver in a hit-and-run incident earlier in the day by one of the officers, according to the release.

Police said Salazar had hit several parked cars, but no one was injured.

Salazar was charged with negligent discharge of a firearm, possession of a loaded firearm in public, and possession of an illegal, short-barrelled shotgun.

He was booked into Butte County Jail in Oroville, with bail set at $36,000.