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At approximately 7:11 p.m. Thursday, Pleasantville Officers responded to a domestic dispute in the 300 block of E. Jasper Street in Pleasantville. Upon arrival it was discovered that a female along with her two children had fled the scene in a vehicle. Upon investigation it was discovered that a male subject, later identified as 32-year-old Joshua Allen shot at the vehicle as it was attempting to leave the scene. 

After the area was secured the Pleasantville Officer, with assistance of the Marion County Sheriff’s Office, discovered shell casings along with damage to the vehicle which would be consistent with bullets discharged from a weapon. The investigation discovered 4-6 rounds were fired in and around the vehicle which had one adult and two children inside.

Allen was arrested at the scene without incident and charged with two counts of neglect or abandonment of a dependent person, class C felony, intimidation with a dangerous weapon, a class C felony, domestic abuse assault display or use of weapon, and aggravated misdemeanor and discharge of a weapon within the city limits.