A Pierceton man is facing eight charges after an alleged incident where he held people captive inside a home and fired a gun.
Terry Michael Hall, 51, of 6756 E. Old Road 30, Pierceton, was booked in the Kosciusko County Jail at 3:03 a.m. Monday and faces charges for criminal confinement, a Level 3 felony; three Level 5 felony charges for intimidation with a deadly weapon; possession of methamphetamine, a Level 6 felony; criminal recklessness while armed with a deadly weapon, a Level 6 felony; resisting law enforcement, a Class A misdemeanor; and possession of paraphernalia, a Class C misdemeanor.
According to the probable cause affidavit filed Wednesday in Kosciusko Superior Court, on Monday, sheriff’s deputies responded to a 911 call reporting shots fired in Hall’s home.
Upon arrival, police spoke with the 911 caller, a man who said he had received a call from another man who said he needed a ride from the home in question. When the caller arrived at the home to pick up the man, he told police the man did not come outside and then he heard a shot fired inside the home and was no longer receiving messages from the man, so he called 911.
Officers approached the house and gained a tactical position, covering both the front and rear entry points of the house, according to court papers. Police reported being able to hear a man yelling inside the home and began attempting to get the individuals inside to come out.
At one point, a man was pushed out of the house by Hall and taken to safety by police.
That man told police that Hall was inside, going crazy and hopped up on a controlled substance and that a woman also was still inside. The man said Hall had two shotguns and a revolver.
The man described Hall as “very agitated and emotional, pacing around the residence carrying a firearm, while breaking items and tearing up the house,” according to the affidavit. The man said at one point shot a single round while inside the residence.
The man said he was scared to leave the home but was trying and had called a friend to come pick him up. The man said he tried to get the woman to leave, but she was too afraid to leave as well.
As officers were surrounding the residence, according to the affidavit, they could hear Hall yelling and at times sounding like he was getting physical with the woman and yelling threats at the woman asking, “Do you want to die today?”
Officers tried to communicate with Hall, and several times Hall would go to the window with a shotgun, wave it and threaten to shoot the officers present, according to court papers.
At one point, Hall walked outside with two flashlights in his hands and agreed to speak with police in a neutral part of the yard. During that time, police grabbed Hall’s wrist and began to cuff him. Hall put up a fight and had to be tased before being hauled to jail.
During the scuffle, a smoking pipe and dollar bill that tested positive for methamphetamine fell out of Hall’s pocket, according to the affidavit, along with two speed loaders with .44 caliber ammunition and two spent cartridges of .44 magnum ammunition in his pockets.
Police further recovered a .44 magnum pistol lying beside the front door, fully loaded. They also found two shotguns, including one pump action shotgun that was reported stolen out of Noble County.
Police observed a hole in the east wall of the living room from the shot fired earlier in the night. The projectile went through the east wall of the living room and traveled into the garage, striking items inside the garage.
When police spoke to the woman, she was reluctant to provide a statement, however she did say Hall came home very irate, blamed her for everything eh was going through, fired off a shot inside the home and was acting crazy, according to the affidavit. The women also allegedly told police she knew Hall to use drugs but thought he had been clean for a couple weeks.
According to court records, Hall was released from probation Nov. 6 for convictions of intimidation and resisting law enforcement.
Hall’s bond was set at $20,250.
