Bourbon Co. man accused of shooting gun in neighborhood

Update: On September 4, charges of wanton endangerment were amended and Shane Beall pleaded guilty to improperly discharging a firearm. Beall received a suspended jail sentence and a two-year probation sentence.

PARIS, Ky. (WKYT) - A man was arrested in Paris, Kentucky, early Tuesday morning after shooting a gun in a neighborhood.

According to his arrest citation, Shane Beall reported three people acting suspiciously around his car around 3 a.m.

Deputies did not find any signs of the alleged activity.

Minutes after the scene was cleared, a neighbor reported Beall was shooting a gun in his own yard.

Beall told deputies he was trying to shoot another person who had broken into his home with a firearm, but deputies found no evidence of another person.

Beall was arrested and charged with falsely reporting an incident to law enforcement, public intoxication and criminal mischief.