LEBANON, Ohio — A man indicted Tuesday on charges including attempted
aggravated murder and attempted murder, shot at his father and a sheriff’s
deputy last month following a dispute over hummus, authorities said.

Warren County Prosecutor David
Fornshell said charges against 19-year-old Mohammed Abdou Laghaoui also include
felonious assault and tampering with evidence.

Court records don’t list an
attorney for Laghaoui. He said earlier that the preliminary charges against him
were inaccurate.

Fornshell said “it all went
downhill” June 9 after Laghaoui ate too much of his father’s hummus.
Laghaoui’s brother called 911 and Laghaoui can be heard making threats,
Fornshell said.

Deputy Katie Barnes responded to
the apartment and left when Laghaoui’s father and brother declined to press
charges. She was called back shortly afterward when Laghaoui’s brother told
police Laghaoui punched his father in the face.

Barnes was then shot in the abdomen
by what appeared to be an AK-47-style rifle, county Sheriff Larry Sims said.
She’s expected to recover.

Fornshell said Laghaoui’s father
was shot in the hand while trying to keep his son out of their apartment. He
lost some fingers.

Residents were told to seek shelter
as a helicopter flew over the area searching for Laghaoui. He was arrested
several hours later.

Authorities haven’t found the
rifle. Fornshell said Laghaoui also shot at a neighbor, and the bullet entered
a child’s bedroom in a neighboring apartment.

Laghaoui remains jailed on a $2
million bond. He could face up to 60 years in prison if convicted, Fornshell
said.