Woman arrested after alleged gun threat in Perry County

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- A Perry County woman is in jail on charges she threatened a person with a handgun in a roadside confrontation.

According to the Perry County Sheriff's Department, 38-year-old Connie S. Pritchard was arrested around 7 a.m. Tuesday after the sheriff's department received a report of shots fired on Route T west of Perryville.

Police say Pritchard's grandson had an argument with another person Monday night, and Pritchard confronted that person on the highway, drew a 9 mm pistol, threatened the person and fired the gun into the air. The person Pritchard allegedly threatened fled with friends.

Pritchard was in the Perry County Jail on Tuesday afternoon pending felony charges of unlawful use of a weapon.

Pertinent address:

Perryville, MO