KNOXVILLE – A Knoxville man was arrested yesterday following a drive-by shooting in which he shot himself in the leg, causing him to go to the emergency room, where he was apprehended by authorities.

The Knoxville Police Department says that yesterday morning, at around 2:12am, officers were called to the 1400 block of N. Grant Street in Knoxville regarding gun shots coming from a moving vehicle. Officers arrived and spoke with the caller, who shared Ring doorbell camera footage with them. The footage showed a vehicle traveling northbound while gunshots were audible.

Four minutes later, officers were dispatched to the Knoxville Hospital regarding a person who came to the emergency room with a gunshot wound to the leg. Police were able to connect the vehicle in the video from N. Grant Street to the vehicle in the parking lot of the emergency room.

Officers spoke with the gunshot wound victim, who was identified as Peyton Lee Cole Phillips of Knoxville, as well as a witness at the emergency room. It was determined that Phillips was the person firing the gun from the passenger seat of the moving vehicle on N. Grant Street and had unintentionally shot himself in his left leg. Officers later recovered a firearm, two spent shell casings, ammunition, marijuana, and drug paraphernalia from the vehicle.

Police were also able to collect two spent shell casings from the 1400 block of N. Grant Street. While on N. Grant Street, officers located a home that appeared to have a bullet hole in a front-facing window. Officers spoke with the occupants of the home, who stated that they had heard what sounded like gunshots, but did not realize that their home had been struck by a bullet.

Police say that, based on the investigation, it is not believed at this time that Phillips targeted any person while firing the weapon from the moving vehicle.

Later in the day yesterday, Phillips was arrested and charged with two felonies, including Intimidation with a Dangerous Weapon and Reckless Use of a Firearm Causing Bodily Injury, as well as several misdemeanors, including Reckless Use of a Firearm Causing Property Damage, Reckless Use of a Firearm, Possession or Carrying a Dangerous Weapon while Under the Influence, Person Ineligible to Carry Weapons, Use of a Dangerous Weapon in the Commission of a Crime, Possession of a Controlled Substance (Marijuana), and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia.