Police charged Samuel William Boyd, 63, of 440 Rolling Meadows Road, with two felony counts of aggravated assault and one count each of simple assault and disorderly conduct.
The man Boyd allegedly shot, William Henry Durbin, 39, of 407 Cedar Wood Drive, Carmichaels, also was charged with terroristic threats, criminal trespass, simple assault, disorderly conduct and public drunkenness.
Durbin was taken to Ruby Memorial Hospital, Morgantown, W.Va., for treatment of a gunshot wound to the liver. He is recovering from his injuries, police said.
Police said Durbin came to Boyd's home about 2:30 p.m. May 3 to make a payment on a mobile home he was purchasing from Boyd. Durbin had been drinking, police said.
An argument between the two men turned into a fight. Boyd removed Durbin from his home and Durbin either fell or was pushed from the front porch, injuring his hip and leg, police said.
A witness who had driven Durbin to Boyd's home urged Durbin to leave, but Durbin failed to do so.
Boyd subsequently called 911 twice to ask for police assistance, police said. Two others at the Boyd home also called for police.
Boyd then got a .22-caliber revolver from inside the home and went out on the porch. Durbin grabbed a metal lighthouse ornament from a rock garden near the sidewalk and hit Boyd with it on the arm and wrist before throwing the ornament at Boyd.
As Durbin walked down a sidewalk toward the garage, police said, Boyd shot him in the lower right back. Boyd then called 911 and reported he had shot Durbin in the back.
Police said Boyd later told them he had shot Durbin after Durbin bent over to pick up a rock along the sidewalk that he believed Durbin was going to use to harm him. He also told police he was trying to shoot Durbin in the leg.
Durbin told police he had hit Boyd with the ornament because Boyd had a gun. He also said he was walking toward a vehicle in the driveway to leave when Boyd shot him in the back.
Charges were filed with District Judge Glenn Bates of Franklin Township but were expected to be transferred to another district judge because of a potential conflict.