A 39-year-old Lincoln man is in jail after he fired a handgun inside a house early Monday morning after he "became upset" while hanging out with a group of people, police alleged.
A 44-year-old woman told police that she and three friends were with Russell Welch at 12:30 a.m. Monday in a house near 66th and Dudley streets when he fired a handgun into a wall, Lincoln Police Sgt. Chris Vollmer said.
The woman and her friends fled the house and called police. LPD's SWAT Team searched the house following an hours-long standoff and found ammo and a bullet hole in the living room wall, but did not find Welch, Vollmer said.
Police arrested Welch, who had left the scene before police gathered outside, after he emerged from a neighbor's RV where had been hiding, Vollmer said.
Welch was booked at the Lancaster County jail on suspicion of terroristic threats, use of a deadly weapon to commit a felony and possession of a firearm by a prohibited person.