A SHOOTING INCIDENT IN KINGSPORT OVER THE WEEKEND HAS SENT ONE PERSON TO JAIL. 56 YEAR OLD ROGER LYNN WARD IS CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED FIRST DEGREE MURDER, AGGRAVATED ASSAULT, RECKLESS ENDANGERMENT, POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA AND POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA. WARD APPARENTLY GOT INTO AN ALTERCATION WITH HIS NEIGHBOR OVER A BEER SATURDAY NIGHT AT A HOME ON MCGHEE STREET. DURING THE INCIDENT, WARD ALLEGEDLY PULLED A GUN FROM HIS POCKET AND FIRED A SHOT AT MIKE JOHNSON’S FACE. THE BULLET MISSED BUT JOHNSON RECEIVED POSSIBLE GUNPOWDER BURNS TO HIS EYE. WARD WILL BE ARRAIGNED THIS MORNING IN GENERAL SESSIONS COURT.