Homegrown country music star Billy Joe Shaver was indicted this afternoon on felony charges stemming from an April 2007 shooting at a Lorena bar.

A McLennan County grand jury indicted Shaver, 69, on a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, a second degree felony, and a charge of unlawful carrying of a handgun by a licensed holder on a licensed premises, a third degree felony.

The charges stem from an incident April 1, 2007 at Papa Joe's Bar in Lorena.

Police said Shaver was at the bar with his wife at the time when he met a man, Billy Bryant Coker, 50, of Waco, who has family ties to his then-wife.

Details are sketchy about what happened in the next hour. But it ended outside the bar, with Shaver asking Coker, "Where do you want it?" then shooting him in the cheek and driving away, a police arrest warrant affidavit states.

Coker was released from the hospital days later.

Shaver's attorney at the time, Austin-based Joseph Turner, has said Shaver was defending himself because Coker had threatened his client with a knife.

In court records, Coker said the attack was unprovoked. Shaver was arrested days later on a charge of aggravated assault and possessing a firearm in a prohibited place. He has since been released on bond.

Dale Watson, an Austin singer-songwriter and a friend of Shaver, wrote an upbeat country song about the incident, titled "Where Do You Want It?" In performance, he prefaces the song by noting that Shaver denies using the phrase.