(KNZA)--A Hiawatha man is in custody following a shooting in Brown County.

According to Brown County Sheriff John Merchant, the sheriff's office dispatch received a 911 call around 4:00 Monday afternoon of a possible shooting and battery in the vicinity of US 36 Highway and Timber Road.

Deputies responded and located a female victim who had suffered an apparent gunshot wound to the lower leg. She was transported by ambulance to Amberwell Hospital in Hiawatha, where she was was treated and released.

Merchant said it was learned that the suspect, later identified as 55-year-old Shane Meggison, had fled the scene before deputies arrived.

An attempt to locate was immediately issued by Brown County dispatch to surrounding areas. The Sheriff's Office drone was also deployed in the search for the suspect.

A short time later, Merchant said the Sheriff's Office was notified that Meggison had been located in St Joseph, Missouri and was arrested.

He was arrested on charges of child endangerment, felony obstruction, possession of methamphetamine, possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of marijuana and no drug tax stamp.

Meggison remains in the Brown County Jail, held on a $25,000 bond.

Merchant said the case remains under investigation by multiple law enforcement agencies.

The Kansas Highway Patrol, Sac and Fox Police Department, Town and Country Ambulance, Hiawatha Fire Department and Brown County Squad 48 assisted.