A Mountain Home man, reported missing last month and located after his call to 911 following a self-inflicted gunshot, has now been charged with a felony count of possession of a firearm by certain persons. According to Baxter County Sheriff John Montgomery, the charge stems from 37-year-old Lee Euler, III, having a prior felony conviction in Illinois, which precludes him from possessing or being in contact with a weapon.Euler was booked into the Baxter County Detention Center Thursday morning, with bond set at $1,500. Online jail records indicate he was released less than an hour later. He is set to appear in Baxter County Circuit Court later this month.
In late March, the Mountain Home man’s supervisor asked for the community’s help in locating him after he left his office for lunch and had not been seen for two days.
Later that day, emergency personnel responded to Euler’s 911 call for medical attention for a self-inflicted gunshot wound after he was located near the White River in the Monkey Run area.
At that time, Sheriff Montgomery said Euler suffered a superficial wound after firing a .25 caliber pistol to his head. He then called 911 requesting help. He was airlifted from the remote area and transported to a Springfield medical center for treatment.
According to the arrest affidavit, a Baxter County Sheriff’s deputy found Euler parked on a side trail in a wooded area. The deputy recovered the firearm Euler used in the seat with him behind his back.
Earlier that day, the Mountain Home Police Department officially listed Euler as a missing person.
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