BENTONVILLE -- A Bella Vista police officer will need surgery to remove a pellet from his wrist after being shot, according to court documents filed recently.
Sgt. Ross Conn was one of the officers that went to Witham Lane at 4:36 a.m. March 3, according to the probable cause affidavit.
A neighbor reported to police Laurianne Demers, 50, was shooting a gun at a neighbor's house.
Conn knocked on Demers' door and asked her to come outside, according to the affidavit. Demers walked out the front door carrying a rifle and lowered the gun in Conn's direction.
Conn saw the gun was a BB or pellet gun and tried to take cover before Demers shot him in the right wrist, according to the affidavit.
Conn was taken to Mercy Hospital in Bella Vista and will need surgery to remove the pellet, according to the affidavit.
Police arrested Demers in connection with battery, terroristic threatening and disorderly conduct.
Benton County Circuit Judge Robin Green decided at a hearing Thursday there was probable cause to detain Demers.
The judge ordered Demers not to possess any weapons or firearms. Demers' arraignment is scheduled for April 1.
Tracy M. Neal can be reached by email at [email protected] or Twitter @NWATracy.