Police: Roosevelt man misses victim, shoots car

The argument got heated and Louis C. Blaylock got a gun, police said. He fired twice, missing his target - but hitting a nearby car in the incident in Roosevelt, Nassau County police said.

Blaylock is under arrest, charged with second-degree attempted murder, first-degree criminal use of a firearm, second- and third-degree criminal possession of a weapon and fourth-degree possession of a dangerous weapon, police said.

He also is being held on an open warrant from 2008 involving charges of first-degree criminal contempt and fourth-degree possession of a dangerous weapon, police said.

Blaylock, 36, of Ray Avenue in Roosevelt, was involved with an argument with a man, also 36, in front of Blaylock's house on Wednesday morning, police said. He retrieved a silver handgun from his house and fired at the victim, missing him but striking the nearby car, police said. The intended target fled in a car.

Police arrested Blaylock at home at 8:48 a.m.