UPDATE 2/18/16

PORTSMOUTH, Ohio (WSAZ) -- A man who investigators say pulled the trigger in a shooting that was allegedly over a smelly dog has been indicted by a grand jury.

A Scioto County Grand Jury charged Richard Ockerman,53, of Sciotoville, faces two counts of attempted murder, two counts of felonious assault and one count of improperly discharging a firearm following last month’s shooting..

The Sheriff’s said the shooting happened during an argument Ockerman was having his mom's friend, John Lemaster, over his dog stinking up their house.

They say Ockerman fired his gun at Lemaster wounding him. Ockerman’s 76-year-old mother was also wounded by stray buckshot.

Both were taken to local hospital for treatment of their injures.

UPDATE 1/11/16 @ 10:40 p.m.

PORTSMOUTH, Ohio (WSAZ) -- A man has been arrested following a shooting Friday that was allegedly all over a smelly dog.

The man who pulled the trigger is also accused of accidentally injuring his own mother during that shooting.

According to the Scioto County Sheriff's Office, Richard Ockerman was arguing with his mom's friend, John Lemaster, over his dog stinking up their house along Pershing Avenue.

They say Ockerman fired his gun at Lemaster, and stray buckshot hit his mother.

Vera Hammond lives next door and says she's known the family her whole life, and this wasn't the first time the two men have been known to have had problems getting along.

"There had been incidents before where he (Ockerman) was totally beaten by this person," Hammond said.

"They'd get out there in the yard and thump each other, stuff like that and argue with each other," a neighbor who wanted to remain anonymous said.

Hammond has her doubts over the theory that the dog in question, which she says is a pitbull-bulldog mix named Brutus, smelled so bad it would cause this kind of stink.

"The dog didn't have no odor to me," she said.

Ockerman is being held on a $60,000 bond.

The victims, who were taken to St. Mary's Medical Center in Huntington, were listed in stable condition.

ORIGINAL STORY 1/9/16 @ 8:21 a.m.

PORTSMOUTH, Ohio (WSAZ) – One man is behind bars, and two others are in the hospital, after a shooting in Portsmouth on Friday night.

911 received a call about a shooting at around 8:15 p.m. at a home on the 200 block of Pershing Avenue.

According to sheriff’s deputies, Richard Ockerman, 53, shot a man after an argument over a dog’s odor. A woman was also hit with a stray buckshot during the shooting.

Ockerman is charged with two counts of felonious assault and one count of improperly discharging a firearm into a habitation.

The victims, a 58-year old man and 76-year old woman, were taken to Southern Ohio Medical Center, and later transported to Saint Mary’s in Huntington. Both are listed in stable condition.

Ockerman is being held on a $60,000, and is scheduled to appear in Portsmouth Municipal Court on January 11th.

Sheriff Marty V. Donini says the investigation is ongoing and more charges could be filed.

Anyone with information on the case is asked to call (740) 351-1091. Callers will remain anonymous.