Maquoketa Man Arrested After Fabricating Story Of Being Shot

Authorities said a Jackson County man accidentally shot himself Monday, then blamed an unknown suspect. 20 year old Thomas Detro of rural Maquoketa, ultimately was arrested on charges of reckless use of a firearm causing bodily injury and filing a false report. Deputies with the Jackson County Sheriff’s Department responded to a residence in rural Maquoketa at about 10:40 p.m. Monday after receiving a report of a person with a gunshot wound. Initial statements from Detro and witnesses indicated that there were person outside the residence, and when Detro went outside to investigate, he was shot by an unknown subject, sustaining a gunshot wound to the right abdomen. Detro was taken by ambulance to Jackson County Regional Health Center in Maquoketa before being airlifted to University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City for treatment. Later, an investigation at the scene revealed that Detro fabricated his initial story. Detro admitted to walking outside with a revolver and firing warning shots into the ground before accidentally hitting himself with a third shot.