DES MOINES, Iowa [KCCI] — An Iowa man is in custody after police say he fired shots at law enforcement officers who suspected him of stealing his own dog from a shelter while it recovered from a gunshot wound. Des Moines police say 49-year-old Christopher Kern was arrested Wednesday in Cedar Rapids. Kern was wanted by police who believed he had broken into an animal shelter the previous day and stolen his injured dog, which officers have named Dionysus.

Dionysus had been taken to the shelter after being found with a gunshot wound during a previous investigation into a report of gunfire in Des Moines on Jan. 31st. When Cedar Rapids police officers attempted to take Kern into custody earlier this week, he allegedly fired shots at officers, who returned fire. Kern was arrested following an 11-hour standoff and negotiation and now faces multiple felony charges, including attempted murder of a peace officer.

No one was harmed. Dionysus was returned to the care of the Animal Rescue League.