A man was shot in the leg and another was hit in the head with a wrench during an altercation Tuesday near Adger, the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office said.

Deputies found an adult male with a gunshot wound while responding to a call in the 4900 black of Kings Lane after 5 p.m. According to information collected at the scene, the man who was shot got into a verbal argument with another male. The gunshot victim hit the man in the head. The other male shot the man in the leg before fleeing inside the home.

Deputies did find the second victim with an injury to his head.

Both men were taken to separate hospitals with non-life threatening injuries.