VIDALIA — Two Vidalia men were charged with attempted second-degree murder following an early morning shooting Thursday.

Michael Riley, 24, 602 Maple St., and Quancy Hawkins, 20, 103 Gillespie St., were charged following the incident, which happened near the intersection of Peach Street and the Apple Street Bridge.

The incident started at approximately 2 a.m. when one of the suspects and the victim, an unidentified juvenile, had a verbal altercation about a female, Police Chief Ronnie G. “Tapper” Hendricks said.

Later, at approximately 3:45 a.m., the suspects and the victim apparently met each other in the roadway, and shots were fired from the suspect’s car into the victim’s car, where one bullet struck him in the leg, Hendricks said.

The victim was transported to a Natchez hospital, and his wounds were not life threatening, Hendricks said.

Residents reported hearing three or four shots, and police were able to recover four bullet casings. They also recovered the weapon — a 9mm handgun — by the Apple Street Bridge, Hendricks said.

The victim later identified the vehicle from which the shots were fired, which Hendricks said was located at a Vidalia apartment complex on U.S. 84.

Hawkins and Riley were detained Thursday without bond.