POCATELLO — The man who was shot by his neighbor on the city’s west side Saturday night ended up being the one going to jail for the incident.
Police said they arrested Bryan Huff, 29, of Pocatello, after he was released from Portneuf Medical Center early Sunday morning. Huff was treated at PMC for the gunshot wound to the arm he received in the 1000 block of West Clark Street during a dispute with a neighbor at around 9:40 p.m. Saturday.
Huff has been booked into Bannock County Jail on a charge of felony aggravated battery for allegedly running at his neighbor while armed with a steel pipe in the neighbor’s yard, police said.
The neighbor fired a pistol twice at Huff in self-defense and one of the shots hit Huff in the arm, police said.
The man who shot Huff threw the gun after opening fire. Huff and him then became engaged in a fistfight that ended with the man pinning Huff to the ground, police said.
While the man and Huff were fighting, a female friend of Huff’s retrieved the pistol. She then pointed the gun at the man and ordered him to release the pinned Huff, police said.
The man complied and everyone returned to their respective houses and dialed 911.
They weren’t the only ones calling the police.
Pocatello police said they received dozens of phone calls reporting the shooting.
Police had actually responded to a shouting match between Huff and the same neighbor earlier on Saturday. Police said they separated the two following that incident and ordered them not to communicate with each other for the rest of the day but obviously that didn’t happen.
The subsequent Saturday night confrontation began with Huff and the neighbor yelling at each other. Then others from both households joined in the shouting match and shortly thereafter Huff allegedly grabbed the steel pipe and charged at the man, police said.
When police arrived, they quickly located the wounded Huff as well as the man who shot him. Huff was transported to Portneuf Medical Center via a Pocatello Fire Department ambulance and police began interviewing everyone involved in the incident to piece together what happened.
If convicted of felony aggravated battery, Huff faces a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $5,000 fine.
Police said they aren’t sure what triggered Saturday’s confrontations between Huff and his neighbor but one witness said the disagreement started over a dog that belongs to one of the men.
The name of the man who shot Huff has not yet been released and police said he will not be charged with a crime because he was defending himself on his own property.







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