JUNCTION CITY –Law enforcement authorities in Geary County are investigating a blast from a homemade explosive device.

Just after 10 p.m. on Monday the Sheriff’s office and Junction City EMS responded to the 3800 block of Kansas 157 Highway for a reported gunshot wound.

After arriving on scene deputies discovered inconsistencies with the original report.

Further investigation by the Geary County Sheriff’s Office Investigations Division revealed that Mark Ayers, 25, Junction City, sustained major wounds to his lower extremities as the result of a blast caused by a homemade explosive device.

Life Star transported Ayers to Salina Regional Health Center.

Scott Wayne Aldrich Jr., 28, was arrested on suspicion of Aggravated Battery and Criminal Use of Explosives.