Police: Man arrested after shooting himself with stolen gun

Perry County sheriff’s deputies arrested an Old Appleton man and his girlfriend Wednesday after he accidentally shot himself in the shoulder in a Delta church parking lot Tuesday, deputies said.

The Perry County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office charged Eric S. Lindsay, 25, with first-degree burglary, stealing a weapon, second-degree burglary, misdemeanor first-degree trespassing and misdemeanor theft of less than $150.

His bond was set at $5,000 cash or surety.

The prosecuting attorney also charged Heather A. Bacon, 32, of Perryville, Missouri, with second-degree burglary, misdemeanor trespassing and theft of less than $150.

Her bond was set at $5,000 cash or surety.

Heather Bacon

Cape Girardeau County sheriff’s deputies were alerted to a woman who ran screaming from a parked vehicle about 10 p.m. at Amen Center in Delta, according to a probable-cause statement filed in the case by Perry County sheriff’s deputy Michael J. Schamburg.

Cape Girardeau County sheriff’s deputy Zach Snyder found Lindsay with a bullet wound in his shoulder while sitting in the front passenger seat of a 1997 Mercury Grand Marquis, Schamburg wrote.

Snyder retrieved a Springfield Armory 9 mm handgun below Lindsay’s seat and determined Lindsay shot himself, according to the statement.

Snyder ran the gun through a database and discovered it was stolen, Schamburg wrote.

The gun was reported stolen Jan. 5 by a woman living in the 200 block of Apple Creek Lane in Perryville, Schamburg wrote. She said the gun was missing from her top dresser drawer after she noticed a draft in her house from an open window in her living room, according to the statement.

Schamburg wrote he observed pry marks on the bottom part of the window.

The victim later discovered several rolls of quarters, dimes, nickels and dollar coins missing from her residence, according to the statement.

Neighbors in the 400 block of Apple Creek Lane said Lindsay and Bacon stayed with them Jan. 2 but left Jan. 3, and a footprint in the snow matched one of Lindsay’s as described by a neighbor, Schamburg wrote.

Lindsay admitted when he was interviewed by deputies Wednesday he broke into the residence in the 200 block of Apple Creek Lane, according to the statement.

He said he stole the handgun and a cash box from the bedroom and a Coca-Cola and water from the refrigerator, Schamburg wrote.

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Pertinent address:

200 block of Apple Creek Lane, Perryville, Mo.