Accused shooter facing felonies
Published 8:38 am Thursday, August 17, 2017

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A man arrested on Monday after police responded to a call of shots fired was charged Wednesday in Mower County District Court.
Darnell Jones, 27, of Austin was charged with felony reckless discharging of a firearm in a municipality, gross misdemeanor user of a controlled substance in possession of a firearm, gross misdemeanor user of a controlled substance in possession of firearm ammunition and petty misdemeanor possession of a small amount of marijuana.
According to Austin Police Chief Brian Krueger, officers responded to a call of shots fired at 1:14 p.m. Monday in the 300 block of Fourth Avenue Southeast.
Police executed a search warrant at Jones’s residence and found a Mossberg .22 semi-automatic rifle with a loaded magazine and a chambered round, 40 grams of marijuana and a box of Federal .22 ammunition.
Jones allegedly told officers he accidentally fired the weapon.
Jones is scheduled to appear in court again on Aug. 28.