When a deputy responded to a 911 call at a house where everyone present had consumed psychedelic mushrooms, he could smell burnt gunpowder. After following an ambulance to the hospital carrying one man to obtain treatment, the man was later arrested for an alleged attack on another man and for firing numerous rounds from a rifle into the house.

Dylan Levon Henry Jones, 20, Springville, was arrested by Deputy Michael Coy of the Greene County Sheriff’s Department. Jones was booked into the Greene County Jail at 2:59 a.m. last Sunday, January 23, following an investigation that started around 8 p.m. on Saturday, January 22.

Deputy Coy, the lead investigator on this case, responded first, followed later by GCSD Deputy Logan Milligan, last Saturday to a residence on South Wren Court, Springville, when GCSD Dispatch got a call at 8:04 p.m. from a woman who said her boyfriend, Dylan Jones, had taken psychedelic mushrooms and was freaking out.

The caller said Jones had shot off rounds from a firearm but that she’d taken it away from Jones and she hid it. She also said everyone at the house had consumed the mushrooms, that she was afraid of Jones, and that there had also been a physical altercation between Jones and another man.

Then the man who’d been involved in that altercation called 911 and allegedly said Jones and his girlfriend were involved in a domestic and that Jones had shot off an AR15. According to this caller, he was sleeping on the couch when Jones and his girlfriend came out of the bedroom naked and Jones started yelling at him to get out of the house, then attacked him, hitting him in the face with a closed fist. The man said he had blood all over him but he was trying to gather his belongings and leave.

Deputy Coy arrived at the house at 8:18 p.m., knocked and was allowed to enter. Deputy Coy said once inside, he could smell the odor of what he thought was burnt gunpowder. He was told the firearm had been moved to a back bedroom away from Jones. Deputy Milligan arrived around 8:28 p.m. to assist.

Deputy Coy reported Jones could be heard yelling periodically in a bedroom. When he looked inside the room, Jones was in some distress and said he had consumed 13 or 14 mushrooms. Deputy Coy asked him to lay flat and Deputy Coy handcuffed Jones then helped Jones was some needed assistance. Jones was then escorted outside to a patrol vehicle. Deputy Coy had already requested an ambulance be on standby in the area and he asked the ambulance to come to the scene. Jones was then transported by ambulance to IU Health Bloomington Hospital. Deputy Coy followed the ambulance to the hospital and remained there while Jones received treatment. When Jones was released, he was transported to the Greene County Jail by Deputy Camron Frye.

Meanwhile back at the residence, Deputy Milligan interviewed the others on the scene. The girlfriend alleged Jones was freaking out, saw the firearm in the room and started shooting it. She said he shot through the bedroom door, then left the bedroom and assaulted the other man.

Another person said they witnessed Jones “pop” the other man on the couch.

The man who was on the couch confirmed he had consumed mushrooms then became overwhelmed with fear and was frozen in the moment then heard the gunshots before Jones came running out and started hitting him.

When Deputy Coy interviewed Jones at a later time, Jones allegedly confirmed he took a high dose of mushrooms and panic set in that snowballed and he discharged the rifle into the corner of the bedroom until the magazine was empty. He said he then “charged” the rifle and discharged it through the bedroom wall shooting into the residence. He said he had a full 30 round magazine and he believed he fired all 30 rounds through the house. Regarding the man on the couch, Jones allegedly said he snapped and punched him a couple times in the face.

Bond for Jones was set at $11,000 surety with ten percent cash allowed. As of late Tuesday, he had not yet posted bond and was still in custody in the Greene County Jail.

A criminal case has been filed against Jones in Greene Superior Court but the date for his initial hearing was not known as of late Tuesday.

Jones is facing charges of:

• Criminal recklessness – shot a firearm into a building, a Level 5 felony, and

• Battery resulting in bodily injury, a Class A misdemeanor.