VENANGO CO., Pa. (EYT) — The case against a Franklin man who reportedly fired multiple shots during a domestic incident that escalated into a standoff with state police recently moved forward in court.

According to court documents, the following charges against 51-year-old Brian Scott Lindsey were waived for court on Wednesday, May 27:

– Terroristic Threats With Intent To Terrorize Another, Misdemeanor 1
– Simple Assault, Misdemeanor 2
– Recklessly Endangering Another Person, Misdemeanor 2

The above charges have been transferred to the Venango County Court of Common Pleas.

One count of third-degree felony discharge of a firearm into an occupied structure was withdrawn.

Lindsey is currently free on $75,000.00 unsecured bail.

The charges stem from an incident that occurred on May 9.

Details of the case:

According to a criminal complaint, around 1:57 a.m. on May 9, Franklin-based State Police received a call from Venango County 9-1-1, reporting a domestic altercation at a residence on Glenn Drive in Sandycreek Township.

Police were informed the owner of the residence, identified as Brian Scott Lindsey, was highly intoxicated on alcohol and was threatening to shoot himself with firearms in the residence and had also allegedly made threats toward family members.

Franklin-based State Police responded to the scene and arrived after the family members had exited the residence and hid in a garage adjacent to the home.

Police say Lindsey barricaded himself inside the residence with multiple firearms and refused to come out.
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The family members inside the garage were able to exit safely and leave the property.

At the scene, police set up a perimeter, and members of the Pennsylvania State Police Special Emergency Response Team (SERT) West were activated for additional assistance at the scene.

A family member was interviewed and related she had arrived home around 9:30 p.m. on Friday, May 8, at which point Lindsey was not home. She told police she went to Franklin to pick Lindsey up because he was very intoxicated, and they arrived home around 1:30 a.m. on Saturday, May 9, according to the complaint.

The family member reported Lindsey then “started acting crazy,” stating he was depressed and that he was threatening suicide. She reported Lindsey said, “I do not want to live anymore. I cannot take it anymore. Get out of the house before something happens,” and then he grabbed what she believed was a .22 caliber rifle with a scope and held it in his hands in his bedroom, the complaint states.

A second family member and another witness were sleeping in a bedroom next to the bedroom where Lindsey had the gun, and a third family member was sleeping in another bedroom above the detached wooden garage. The family member reported she got the third family member, and they came back inside the residence, and the third family member tried to talk to Lindsey, but Lindsey pointed the gun at the third family member and told him to get out of the residence, according to the complaint.

The first family member reported that she and the other family member then exited the bedroom, and Lindsey followed them with the gun. She stated that she was in the kitchen next to the living room where Lindsey was standing when he began shooting the gun inside the residence. She stated he fired at least four to six rounds, striking a television and breaking the screen, at which point she and the three people in the house fled outside and hid in the garage, the complaint indicates.

While the family member was being interviewed, she received a text message from Lindsey stating, “I’m sorry. I love you. Take care of my kids. I am about to walk outside and do suicide by cop,” the complaint states.

Troopers at the scene later learned Lindsey discharged ten .22 caliber rounds from a brown wooden Marlin model 60, 22 LR bolt-action rifle, from evidence at the scene.

Members of SERT West took Lindsey into custody several hours later, after he walked out of the residence with a loaded rifle in his hands. SERT troopers used “less than lethal force” with beanbag ammunition rounds to effectively subdue Lindsey and take him into custody, the complaint notes.

Lindsey was arraigned in front of Magisterial District Judge Patrick E. Lowrey at 11:15 a.m. on Saturday, May 9.