An Amazon delivery driver is in critical condition after being shot near Pierce City.
The Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office says the incident happened Wednesday afternoon on County Road 2152 west of State Highway 97.
A witness called 9-1-1 to say an Amazon delivery truck ran off the road and struck a fence.
Investigators say the driver had been shot in the head.
Investigators questioned 64-year-old Thomas Coy of Wentworth, who confessed to shooting the driver with a pellet gun.
He is being held in the Lawrence County Jail without bond facing charges of assault with a deadly weapon, armed criminal action, and unlawful use of a weapon.
(Photo courtesy of the Lawrence County Jail)