JACKSON, Mich. (WILX) – The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office has shared a video of a man who they attempted to stop while on a lawnmower, who ended up shooting himself in the hand.
On Sept. 19, Deputy Robert Henderson arrived at a home in Leoni Township to arrest James Mitchell Kerr, 41, on a felony warrant for violating probation and two misdemeanor warrants.
Kerr was on a riding lawnmower when Deputy Henderson started speaking with him. Deputy Henderson asked Kerr to get off the lawnmower, which he refused.
Instead, Kerr accelerated in an attempt to flee. Deputy Henderson chased after him on foot, and as the lawnmower came to rest in a small ditch, he ordered Kerr to comply or he would be Tased…