GLENALLEN, Mo. -- A Glenallen man is jail in facing felony charges after an armed standoff Monday with the Bollinger County Sheriff's Department.
The incident occurred around 2 p.m., when the sheriff's department received a report of a suicidal man who had barricaded himself in his house on Route ZZ. Police arrived to find Randy E. Masters of Glenallen inside the residence with a shotgun. According to officials, Masters threatened to kill himself and any law enforcement officer who tried to enter the residence.
A Missouri State Highway Patrol negotiator was called to the scene and other officers were called to assist in securing the house. Masters fired a shot inside the residence and three shots through a window at a sheriff's deputy who was observing the house.
Masters left the house after talking to the negotiator and discarded the gun. Authorities used pepper spray on Masters after he refused to comply with police orders to lay face down on the ground.
He has been charged with one count of assault on a law enforcement officer and unlawful use of a weapon and is being held in the Bollinger County Jail on $100,000 cash-only bond.
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