DREXEL, Mo. (AP) – Authorities say a western Missouri police chief was arrested last week because he pointed a loaded gun at his girlfriend’s son while he was drunk and off duty.

The Kansas City Star reports that 39-year-old Drexel Police Chief Jonathan R.G. Carpenter pulled the gun during an argument with his girlfriend’s son. Carpenter, who has been placed on paid administrative leave, was arrested around 3 a.m. Wednesday by Cass County deputies. He’s been charged with unlawful use of a weapon while intoxicated and resisting arrest.

Deputies reported that Carpenter resisted when they tried to handcuff him, and that a stun gun had to be used on Carpenter to subdue him.

Carpenter’s arraignment is March 8 in Cass County Circuit Court. No attorney is listed for him in online court records.

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DREXEL, Mo. (AP) – Deputies have arrested a western Missouri police chief who is accused of pulling a gun on another man during an off-duty argument.

Drexel Police Chief Jonathan R.G. Carpenter was charged Wednesday with unlawful use of a weapon and resisting or interfering with arrest. No attorney is listed for the 39-year-old in online court records.

Cass County sheriff’s deputies responded around 2 a.m. Wednesday to a disturbance at a home. The alleged victim told authorities that an intoxicated Carpenter started an argument, then pulled a gun and pointed it at his face. Drexel is about 45 miles south of Kansas City.

A sheriff’s office spokesman told The Kansas City Star that Carpenter wasn’t on duty at the time. It’s unclear how the men knew each other or what started the argument.