For a short period of time, local law enforcement officials thought they had a shooting on their hands at the Buchanan County Courthouse. They didn’t.

In the end, police say a language barrier involving a domestic dispute two years ago prompted some tense moments. Captain Janice Rothganger says a subject came into the law enforcement center and it appeared he was saying he’d been shot, or shot at, or threatened with a gun.

As it turns out, the confrontation happened earlier, near Triumph Foods, and did not involve a gun. Captain Kevin Castle says there might have been a threatening motion, which might have violated a court order, but there were no firearms involved in the current incident.

The man had followed the suspect to the courthouse, where he parked and went inside. The victim then reported to police across the street at the Law Enforcement Center. Officers eventually found the suspect and questioned him for a possible violation of a court order. Officials say that ex-parte order may have been issued because of a firearms incident in 2011.