John Franklin Fields, 25 of Rome, was arrested this week after reports said he assaulted a 19 year-old man with a gun.
Police said that Fields, a convicted felon, shot at the victim with the intent to kill or cause serious injury.
When police arrived, Fiends is accusing of running from officers on foot.
The incident occurred on Walnut Avenue near East 9th Street.
Fields is charged with aggravated assault, obstruction, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime.
