A man was arrested after allegedly shooting another man in the face with an air pistol on 5th Street in Narrowsburg on Sunday evening, police say.
Narrowsburg resident Eric Hector, 48, is charged with assault in the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree.
Police say the assault occurred around 10:30pm on Sunday. According to a New York State Police account of the arrest, the two men were arguing when Hector drew the air pistol and shot the other man in the face. A pellet lodged below the victim's right eye. The victim then tried to run away and was struck with several more pellets, police say. He was treated at the Catskill Regional Medical Center and released.
Hector was arraigned in the Town of Tusten Justice Court and remanded to the Sullivan County Jail in lieu of $5000 cash bail.
