Photo: Calvin Grisham
A gunfire exchange in Ozark County between neighbors ended with one man in handcuffs and a bullet wound to the hand.
The Ozark County Times reports Calvin Grisham of Dora is being held without bond in the Ozark County Jail. His age was not provided on court documents.
Grisham is charged with a Class B felony of unlawful use of a weapon by discharging a firearm at a habitable structure and the unclassified felony of armed criminal action. A bond reduction hearing is set for Tuesday.
The Class B felony carries a sentence of five to 15 years in prison, and the unclassified felony carries a sentence of three to 15 years in prison.
According to a sheriff’s report, the victim in the case, called law enforcement on the evening of Feb. 23 saying his neighbor was threatening him with a pistol and was outside his house on County Road 179 in the Dora area.
The probable cause statement filed in the case by Ozark County Sheriff Cass Martin indicates about a half-hour later, the sheriff’s department dispatch office was notified by the Missouri State Highway Patrol (MSHP) a shooting had occurred at the residence.
Three MSHP troopers and officers from the Ozark County Sheriff’s Department responded, along with Dora VFD first responders. Ozark County Ambulance and Air Evac were also called to the scene.
After the helicopter landed, Grisham reportedly refused air transport and was instead taken by ambulance to Ozarks Healthcare in West Plains.
The victim told the sheriff Grisham came onto the property and fired a weapon through the window of his house, the statement says.
The victim said he returned fire, shooting back out the window with a .22 rifle, hitting Grisham in the hand.
Martin said when he found Grisham, the right-side pocket of his blue jeans was bloodstained. He then saw Grisham had a single gunshot wound to his right hand.
Although the document doesn’t say which specific drugs or alcohol Grisham might have ingested prior to the event, the sheriff does say that intoxicants may have been involved.
“I believe that the defendant poses a danger to the crime victim and public due to discharging a firearm into a residence in aggression while under the influence of intoxicants,” Martin concluded in the report.
Online records indicate Grisham has had one prior conviction in 2012. In that case, he pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated with alcohol and failure to have two lighted headlamps on a vehicle, both misdemeanor charges.
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