Lancaster County Sheriff's officials say a Bennet man shot the boyfriend during an argument with his daughter.
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Chief Deputy Jeff Bliemeister says the 50 year old father was arrested in Bennet on Wednesday morning on suspicion of assault and using a weapon to commit a felony. He hasn't been formally charged.
Bliemeister says the man used a .22-caliber rifle to shoot 21-year-old Jeffery Stotler Jr. in the chest and stomach.
Deputies found Stotler in the backyard of the man's home in Bennet. Stotler was taken to a Lincoln hospital for treatment
Bliemeister says Stotler and the man's 18 year old daughter had been arguing while in Lincoln and continued to argue when they got to Bennet.
