CHIPPEWA TWP, MI -- A landlord upset about unpaid rent was arrested after he went to his rental property and fired off a shotgun Tuesday, police say.

"The caller and landlord had been in an argument on text message over the rent being due," said Isabella County Sheriff Mike Main. "This continued to escalate until the man allegedly came into the backyard of the rental property and fired off a round from a shotgun."

It's believed the landlord, a 35-year-old Chippewa Township man, was under the influence of alcohol, Main said.

The incident Tuesday, Feb. 20, at a residence in the 8000 block of East Broadway Road was initially reported by the caller, a 43-year-old Chippewa Township woman, as a person shot, Main said.

Officers arrived to find no one shot. They later determined a neighbor, identified as the landlord, came to the residence and fired off a shotgun round, the sheriff said.

The landlord refused to talk with officers by telephone or other communication means, but deputies and state troopers eventually got to him through an open back door at his residence and arrested him, Main said.

Two shotguns were seized from his residence, Main said.

The report was forwarded to the Isabella County Prosecutor's Office for review of possible charges.