FITCHBURG - A local man was arrested and charged in connection with a Thursday night shooting that left a 33-year-old man with serious injuries.

The shooting happened around 8:30 p.m. and police, who found the victim at ABS Gas Station at 115 Lunenburg St., determined that the incident had started at a home on Normal Road. Officers went to the home, found the alleged suspect there and arrested him. The two men know each other, police said.

Richard L. Bennefield, 24, of Fitchburg was charged aggravated assault and battery with a dangerous weapon (firearm), domestic assault and battery, illegal possession of a firearm, illegal possession of ammunition and discharging a firearm within 500 feet of a dwelling. Police did not list his bail in a press release.

The victim was taken first to Leominster Hospital and later transferred to UMass Memorial Medical Center - University Campus in Worcester. He was shot in the right shoulder and is expected to survive, police said.