A Tennessee man is charged after shooting his one-time rival – his ex-wife’s ex-boyfriend – in a former love triangle in East Chicago, court records show.

Dorian Hern, 47, of Clarksville, Tennessee, is charged with aggravated battery, battery by means of a deadly weapon, and battery resulting in serious bodily injury.

He is not in custody. When arrested, he is ordered held on a $7,000 cash bond.

East Chicago Police responded March 25 for a reported shooting on the 4800 block of Carey Street. Hern’s ex-wife had called the police. They arrested Hern there, who said he was the shooter and told them to go inside to get the gun. The woman went to the police station.

The ex-wife and the victim broke up two months earlier, she said. Hern just took her back from Tennessee, where she saw their children.

Neighbors and witnesses told police it looked like it was a shooting over a car repossession.

However, the victim – shot once in the chest – told investigators that he had let her borrow a black Lexus, since she didn’t have a vehicle.

But after they broke up, his nephew got his car impounded. The victim wanted to get the Lexus back to give to him. When he hadn’t gotten an answer from Hern’s ex-wife for two weeks, he went to her house with his tow truck.

The victim admitted he let himself into her house with a house key. Hern told police he believed he was defending his family and children. Hern and the victim had argued and fought several times in the past, according to the affidavit.

Witnesses said the tow truck pulled into the driveway, the tow truck driver got out, knocked, then went back to his truck. Hern’s Mercedes-Benz pulled up.

Hern shot at the other man. The victim got out and ran toward the back, clutching his chest as they heard more shots.

Video from Hern’s Mercedes-Benz dashcam appeared to show the victim backing up a tow truck on the street around 8:15 a.m. after Hern pulled up.

“What are you doing, dude,” Hern says.

“Move, or I’m gonna run you over, (expletive),” the victim replies.

“You’re gonna damage my car,” Hern says.

A gunshot goes off. The victim yells. More shots are heard.

“He shouldn’t have broken into the house,” Hern later told his ex-wife.

mcolias@post-trib.com