Man accused of shooting Pettis County deputies now charged with additional felonies

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

A man who is accused of shooting two Pettis County deputies earlier this month is facing additional federal charges.

James Joseph Elsea, 62, of Marshall, was indicted on Tuesday with possessing with intending to distribute methamphetamine, shooting a gun while committing a drug trafficking crime and being a felon with a gun.

He was previously charged on May 2 with being a felon with a gun. He is being held at the Cole County Jail.

According to court documents in previous reporting, deputies served a “no-knock” warrant for a drug investigation on Friday, May 2 at a house in the 27000 block of Route BB. Court documents said that Elsea is “known to be armed.”

The SWAT team began cutting into the door when Elsea fired four shots, the complaint says. One SWAT member returned fire, the complaint says.

One of the injured SWAT members was brought to University Hospital with a shattered femur and was sent to surgery. The other was brought to Bothwell Hospital and was eventually released the same day, the statement says. The identities of the injured SWAT members have not been stated.

A gun was found in the residence.