Student arrested after gun fired

A 20-year-old IU student was arrested early Friday morning after he allegedly used a shotgun to shoot a mattress.

Jacob Alexander faces preliminary charges of criminal recklessness, possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia.

Officers Tracy Headley and Jeff Rodgers were responding to a complaint at 12:15 a.m. Friday in the 2500 block of Eastgate Lane when they heard three shotgun blasts, said Sgt. Jeff Canada, reading from a police report.

Officers secured the premises and called for backup, including the IU Police Department. A female voluntarily came out of the house where the gun shots were believed to have come from.

The resident of the household, Alexander, was located and spoke with officers. About 10 people, including Alexander and the female that was first taken into custody, were inside of the household, according to the report.

Officers said Alexander originally denied having anything to do with the gun shots.
BPD officers found nine shotgun shells as well as two unused gun rounds in the backyard of Alexander’s home.

Alexander told officers later that he had used the shotgun to shoot at a mattress that was in his backyard. No one was hurt in the incident.

BPD Sgt. Mick Williams investigated the incident and searched the house. According to the report, he located the shotgun in a bedroom inside of the house as well as marijuana and drug paraphernalia.