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Authorities say a southeast Nebraska sheriff’s deputy staged his own shooting, faked a chase and shot up his vehicle.

The deputy, Joshua Nincehelser, has been arrested on two felony charges and several misdemeanors. He’s also been fired from the Richardson County Sheriff’s Office, according to a spokesperson with the Sheriff’s Office.

The Sheriff’s Office provided this account:

At about 2 a.m. June 9, Nincehelser reported that he tried to assist the driver of a car parked a quarter-mile off U.S. Highway 75. He said the driver fired at him and his 2013 Dodge patrol pickup, striking both.

Nincehelser said he tried to pursue the car, but stopped when he realized he had been shot in the arm and couldn’t see the car.

Authorities became suspicious of Nincehelser’s account when the physical evidence did not match up. An investigation led by the Nebraska State Patrol determined that the trajectories of the bullets that struck the vehicle were fired from a higher point than a person sitting in a car. The investigation also linked the shell casings to the handgun issued to Nincehelser by the Sheriff’s Office.