RENO COUNTY – A Kansas man is in custody on several charges for a dispute about a dog.

Brian Epp, 32, Turon, faces potential charges of aggravated assault, criminal threat, criminal use of weapons, having a sawed-off shotgun and defacing identification marks on the weapon.

A neighbor allegedly fired a gun toward Epp’s dog when she felt threatened. The dog ran home but then started back toward her house.

She told deputies that she didn’t aim at the dog but at some trees near the dog. It was at that time that Epp came out and fired his weapon toward the woman.

Sheriff’s deputies arrested Epp after they found the weapon and some drug paraphernalia inside his home.

He’s expected back in court next week for the reading of any formal charges.