Barton County Attorney Amy Mellor announced Monday that on Thursday, March 1, Anthony James Smith was bound over for trial on a charge of aggravated battery.Smith, from Hoisington, was charged following the shooting of Michael Workman in a Great Bend residence on April 27, 2017. During Thursday’s preliminary hearing, witnesses testified that Smith was holding a handgun that fired, striking the victim in the lower back. Later examination of the injuries suffered disclosed damage to the spinal column that could be permanent, according to a press release from Mellor’s office.Smith will be arraigned in April.