After an 8-hour standoff with police, a Florida man told officers he was simply shooting at rats in his yard with a rifle.
Neighbors in the Palm Harbor area began reporting hearing gunshots to Pinella's County Sheriff's officers about 3 a.m. Sunday.
Deputies reported hearing more shots coming from a house after they arrived.
Authorities say they set up a perimeter around the house where 51-year-old Stephen Jonas lives, trying to contact him for about eight hours.
Finally, investigators say Jonas walked out and was arrested. Deputies found a .223-caliber rifle inside and many other weapons.
At least one round hit a nearby home. No one was injured.
Jonas faces a charge of shooting into an occupied dwelling.