BREMERTON – A 26-year-old Bremerton man was charged with assault in the first degree and unlawful possession of a firearm in the second degree after he allegedly shot another man in the leg during a fight over the sale of fake heroin.

According to a Bremerton Police Department report, Carlos Alexander Lima, 26, allegedly sold $60 worth of fake heroin to a woman. Around 2:23 a.m. Dec. 12, Lima said the woman and an unidentified man arrived at Lima’s home on the 100 block of South Wycoff Avenue and demanded that Lima give them their money back.

Lima said they began to fight, and Lima allegedly grabbed a .22 pistol from atop his refrigerator and fired a warning shot into the ceiling of his home to try and scare them off. The trio went outside and continued to fight and the gun went off during the struggle. Lima said he did not intend to shoot the man, but thought the man had been shot in the leg. Lima then fired a shot into the air to further scare the duo.

Lima then drove off in his Honda Accord and said he tossed his gun into some bushes. Police dispatched to the scene arrested Lima and retrieved the gun.

The man who had been shot apparently went to Harrison Medical Center for treatment. Police found a .22 bullet and shell casing at the scene. According to the report, Lima got the gun from a friend but declined to mention his name.