KNOXVILLE — A Knoxville man is facing charges following a Sunday morning road rage incident involving a firearm.

According to a release from the Marion County Sheriff’s Office, at 9:16 am Sunday, the Marion County Sheriff’s Office received a call from an individual that stated someone shot at him during a road rage incident.

Marion County Deputies and Knoxville Police Officers met with the caller and took a statement and determined the exact location where the incident took place. The caller said thought he recognized the other driver and the Officers then proceeded to the scene of the incident, at 140th Pl and G-44, and gathered more evidence. The vehicle of the other driver was located by a Marion County Deputy at that driver’s residence, and surveillance on it began.

Members from the Sheriff’s Office and the Iowa State Patrol were able to make contact with the other driver at his residence, where an interview was conducted and more evidence was seized.

As a result of the investigation, 57-year-old Paul Dean Lutz from Knoxville was arrested and charged with six charges:

Reckless use of firearm

Intimidation with weapon

Person ineligible to carry firearm

Possession controlled substance schedule II 1st offense

Possession marijuana 1st offense

Possession drug paraphernalia