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Lakewood police said the victim suffered minor injuries.

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LAKEWOOD, Ohio – A roofer pleaded guilty to assault Friday after police said he shot another man in the stomach with a nail gun while he was drunk.

Jerico Yackee, 41, of Cleveland, was working on the roof of a Lark Street home and started arguing with someone who was watching him, Capt. Ed Hassing of the Lakewood police department said. Yackee then started firing at the victim with his nail gun, Hassing said.

The victim's girlfriend reported the incident, a police report said.

The victim suffered minor injuries, Hassing said, and police determined Yackee had been drinking prior to the incident.

Yackee was charged with felonious assault and public intoxication, a police report said.

Hassing said the incident didn't start over anything substantial.

"There was no real argument between the two, (Yackee) just didn't like being watched," he said.

Yackee pleaded guilty and is currently serving 90 days in jail, Hassing said.