EVANSVILLE, Ind. — An Evansville man was arrested Saturday evening after he allegedly shot his father in the in the stomach with a rifle.

Zachery T. Mueller, 21, was booked into Vanderburgh County Jail, according to a news release issued by the Vanderburgh County Sheriff's Office late Saturday night.

The shooting happened around 5:50 p.m. at a home in the 4700 block of Posey County Line Road. The victim, Zachery Mueller's father, called 911 and told dispatchers he had been shot by his son after an argument that escalated to physical confrontation. The father said the argument began when he told his son he was playing music too loud.

According to the news release, the father left to go calm down after the argument. When he came back, Mueller was holding a rifle. After another brief exchange in which the father took the gun away and put it in a car, Mueller retrieved the rifle, pointed it at his father and shot him in the stomach. Mueller then fled the scene.

Officers, including Indiana State Police and U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force, located Mueller driving on State Road 65 and stopped him at Armstrong Recreation Center, where he was taken into custody without incident.

According to the news release, Mueller made suicidal threats while on the phone with his mother and an Evansville Police Department negotiator and was driving with a loaded handgun.

After Mueller was arrested, he told detectives he had "blacked out" from rage and that the shooting had been an accident.

The victim was in stable condition as of 10 p.m. Saturday evening and is expected to make a full recovery.

Mueller is being held at Vanderburgh County Jail on no bond. He faces felony charges of Attempted Murder, Aggravated Battery with a Firearm and Domestic Battery with a Deadly Weapon.

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