One person is dead and two people are injured after a shooting in Claremont, police confirm.

The incident began as a dispute between two neighbors over who was going to use the backyard at an apartment building on College Avenue, according to police sources. A 37-year-old man was shot in the chest and was pronounced deceased at a local hospital.

A 62-year-old man was shot in the arm. Another man, a 59-year-old who is believed to be homeless by sources, was shot in the backside. Both were also taken to the hospital and are stable.

A man identifying himself as 42-year-old Jimmy Avila called the News 12 newsroom, saying that he shot two people and barricaded himself at his apartment.

Police sources say that they have a person of interest in custody.