VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. — A Volusia County man is facing charges after deputies said he pointed a pistol at his neighbor’s face, shot into his house and then ended up getting shot himself.
Deputies said Gregory Castellanos showed up with the weapon at his neighbor’s house Thursday around 4p.m. on Howland Boulevard in Deltona.
Castellanos wanted his neighbor, Matthew Karnes, to tell his son to stop throwing a baseball against his fence.
When Karnes saw the pistol, deputies said he pushed Castellanos from the doorway and grabbed his rifle.
That’s when deputies said Karnes shot Castellanos in the hand.
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Karnes told deputies he fired the rifle in self-defense.
"My neighbor came over, pulled a gun in my face and I [expletive] shot at him," Karnes told 911. "He aimed it at my face and I shot at him three times and started [expletive] shooting at me."
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A bullet also hit a car driving by but no one was hurt.
Deputies arrested Castellanos on several charges including aggravated assault. He has since bonded out of jail.
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