RENO, Nev. (KOLO) - A man has been arrested on a charge of battery with a deadly weapon after the Reno Police Department says he shot a victim after a brief altercation.

Monday night, at around 7:00, officers with RPD responded to a local hospital for a man who had been shot.

The 46-year-old victim told police that 39-year-old Eddie Lao-Rodriquez had shot him inside Rodriquez’s home.

A search warrant for Rodriquez’s home in the 7900 block of North Virginia Street was issued. Rodriguez was arrested without incident and booked into the Washoe County Jail for battery with a deadly weapon and possession of a firearm by a prohibited person.

The victim was treated at a local hospital and released.

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