CALLAHAN, Fla. – A Nassau County deputy shot and killed a 27-year-old Callahan man Sunday night after neighbors called 911 to report the man was firing a gun following a fight that neighbors said started over burning trash.

Sheriff Bill Leeper said Jeremy Austin Lindsey pointed a firearm at Deputy James Ballard, and Ballard shot Lindsey to protect himself.

Ballard, who has been on the force just over a year, has been placed on administrative leave while the Florida Department of Law Enforcement investigates the shooting.

Lindsey's Bea Road neighbor, Tim Taylor, said he was burning a trash pile outside his home when Lindsey came out yelling and cursing at Taylor, saying that he shouldn't be burning anything because of a burn ban in the county. Nassau County's burn ban expired on Memorial Day.

“He came back outside, and I decided to go back in,” Taylor said. “I didn’t want to hear anything more about it, and I could still hear him screaming outside.”

Taylor said both he Lindsey went back into their homes and came back outside, and Lindsey was armed. Their properties include long driveways that are separated by a chain-linked fence. Taylor said Lindsey fired the gun on his own property, then began walking down toward the road and fired the gun again.

Taylor said that's when he ran back into his home and called 911.

“I get on the phone to 911, and he starts shooting again,” Taylor said. “I get up, and I looked out my front door window, and I saw two people head up his driveway, and they were running.”

Taylor's was one of three calls to police at about 9:42 p.m. Sunday to report the shots being fired. During one of the calls to 911, gunshots could be heard in the background, Leeper said.

“I couldn’t see him,” Taylor said. “Police say there were shell casings at the end of my driveway, so he was coming up to do I don’t know what.”

Ballard arrived within minutes of the calls, at 9:46 p.m., and was alone when he first encountered Lindsey.

Deputies said backup was “around the corner” when Ballard fired, killing Lindsey.

Undersheriff George Leuders said at first glance, it appears Ballard acted properly, but that the FDLE would have the final say in the investigation.

Leuders said deputies were called at least twice recently to Lindsey's home for similar reasons to what happened Sunday. Neighbors told News4Jax that people from Lindsey's home regularly fired weapons on the property.

Sunday's fatal deputy-involved shooting was the second in three days for Nassau County.

Deputy Brandon Schmidt shot and killed 51-year-old Edward Courtenay on Friday afternoon after deputies said he rammed into a car full of people and tried to run over Schmidt.

“It’s difficult, but like I said before, we don’t dictate the calls,” Leuders said of the two deputy-involved shootings. “We could have three in a day. I hope to God that never happens. As a matter of fact, I don’t want any more to happen, but you’re dealt a situation, and you have to be ready to defend yourself.”

Deputy-involved shootings are rare in Nassau County. Before last weekend, there had only been three since 2010: One in September 2010 and two in 2014.