Deputies: Man shot friend in leg after drunken argument

Naples Daily News staff | USA TODAY NETWORK - Florida

An Immokalee man was charged with shooting his friend in the leg during a drunken argument Friday night, according to Collier County sheriff's deputies.

Ysai Navarro-Catalan, 34, was charged with assault with a deadly weapon without intent to kill after his arrest Saturday morning.

The incident/ started when Navarro-Catalan picked up his paycheck and drove to his friend’s house for drinks, deputies said. Navarro-Catalan became agitated and started a fight with two of his pals, eventually running to his truck for a handgun, the arrest report says.

He returned and fired a shot at a friend, who dodged away, deputies said, but Jaime Montes De Oca Barron was hit instead. The bullet went in his leg, broke his femur and lodged in his knee, the report says. He was taken to Lee Memorial Hospital.

Navarro-Catalan was pulled over by deputies several hours later, the report says. He was arrested without resisting, and his friends identified him as the shooter, deputies said.

Navarro-Catalan was also charged with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon. His bail was set at $350,000.