Formal charges were filed Thursday against a 36-year-old St Joe man accused of holding police at bay for several hours at his home on Faraon Street Tuesday.

Emil CW Johnson is charged with resisting arrest and assault of a law enforcement officer.

Police went to his house at 2620 1/2 Faraon Tuesday afternoon to the report of a domestic disturbance.  When they arrived, police determined that Mr Johnson had an outstanding arrest warrant.

He refused to come out, and according to police threatened to harm officers.  The standoff that followed lasted about five hours.  Johnson emerged from the house after officers deployed tear gas.

He was suffering from a serious gunshot wound, which police say was self-inflicted.  He was taken to Mosaic Life Care for treatment.

Court records do not list a date for his first court appearance or bail on the new charges.