SANDPOINT - Bad blood and taunting text messages preceded a shooting that injured two teens near Clark Fork on Tuesday night.

Larry Dean Flanigan Jr. is charged with two counts of aggravated battery and three counts of aggravated assault in connection with the incident on East Mountain View Road.

Flanigan, 19, is accused of opening fire on a Subaru with a 12-gauge shotgun. The station wagon contained five people, two of whom were struck with birdshot from the shotgun blast, according to Bonner County sheriff's investigators.

Testimony from a probable cause hearing on Wednesday paints a better picture of what allegedly led up to the shooting.

Detective Sgt. Gary Johnston testified that Flanigan and some of the occupants of the vehicle had prior conflicts and got into a verbal altercation at a high school basketball game.

The parties separated and Flanigan's girlfriend started receiving text messages from Nathan Nesbitt, 18, and Zachary Nesbitt, 16, according to Johnston's testimony.

"These were threatening text messages. There was talk of coming up and fighting," Johnston told Judge Barbara Buchanan during the hearing.

Johnston said a "texting war" ensued between Flanigan and the Nesbitt brothers, but the exchange of messages eventually ceased as the night progressed. Nathan and Zachary Nesbitt, in addition to Chaunce Nesbitt, Tyler Deprez and Lukas Carson later drove to Flanigan's residence.

Unidentified occupants of the vehicle challenged Flanigan to a fight, Johnston told the court. Upon seeing Flanigan was armed, the group retreated and Flanigan went to the end of a driveway and opened fire on the departing vehicle.

"The round from the shotgun blast broke the window, penetrated the interior compartment of the vehicle and struck Nathan Nesbitt and Zachary Nesbitt," Johnston said.

Flanigan's account of what transpired was similar to accounts of other witnesses.

"His stories paralleled those of the two victims and the witnesses almost identically - up to the point where there was actually a shotgun produced. At that point, Mr. Flanigan denied having a shotgun or discharging a shotgun," Johnston testified.

Deputies recovered several live shotgun rounds and one spent shell from Flanigan's camp trailer. A 12-gauge shotgun was discovered in an adjacent machine shed. A mobile phone belonging to Flanigan's girlfriend was also taken as evidence.