HOUSTON, TX (KPRC)–Police said a north Houston man shot his neighbor in the neck Wednesday morning after he attacked him.

The shooting was reported about 8:40 a.m. at a home on Ringold Street.

According to Houston police, a 60-year-old man walked outside and saw his 20-year-old neighbor beating a dog. The older man told his neighbor to stop, and the neighbor attacked him, police said.

Police said the older man retrieved a shotgun, loaded it with bird shot and shot into the neighbor’s home.

The neighbor was hit in the neck, police said. He is expected to survive.

Police said the man likely will not face charges because he was defending himself.

It was not immediately clear whether the neighbor will face charges.