POWELL (WNE) — A Powell man was shot in the leg early Sunday morning after he allegedly stalked and confronted his exgirlfriend’s current boyfriend. 

Jacob P. Ely had previously been ordered to stay away from the couple, and he was already facing charges that allege he’d harassed them via threatening, anonymous text messages. Ely is facing two new criminal charges in connection with Sunday’s altercation. 

The man who shot Ely has not been charged with any wrongdoing. 

Prosecutors obtained a warrant for Ely’s arrest on Tuesday, though it’s unclear when he might be taken into custody; as of Monday morning, Ely was still receiving medical care at a Billings hospital. 

Ely will face a misdemeanor count of violating a protection order — for allegedly being outside his ex’s Powell home early Sunday morning — and a felony count of stalking, for allegedly following the woman’s current boyfriend to his home. 

The man told the Park County Sheriff’s Office that after leaving the woman’s home early Sunday, he saw Ely’s silver Chrysler 300 “following him at a very close distance.” 

The man pulled over and both men got out of their vehicles, according to the man’s account, with Ely armed with a baseball bat and the man armed with a Ruger SR1911 pistol. The man said Ely grabbed onto his shirt and then, after being pushed off, started to take a swing with the bat. 

That, the man said, prompted him to shoot Ely in the lower right leg. 

He called 911 just before 5 a.m., while Ely fled the scene, the affidavit says. 

At the time of Sunday’s altercation, Ely was out on bond on charges that he harassed the man and his ex back in April. The woman had obtained a protection order that month for her, her boyfriend and her children that prohibited Ely from having any contact whatsoever with the individuals. 

Ely’s ex and her boyfriend also received a slew of anonymous phone calls and text messages that demeaned the woman with insults and contained ominous warnings.