The U-S Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Iowa said Wednesday, that a Pottawattamie County man was sentenced March 13th to prison, for being a Felon in Possession of a Firearm. 35-year-old Sean Cullen, of Council Bluffs, will be required to serve 2 years in prison and three years of Supervised Release at the conclusion of his imprisonment.

On September 23rd, 2017, Cullen was admitted into the emergency room at Jennie Edmondson hospital in Council Bluffs, for treatment of a gunshot wound to his leg. He claimed someone had shot him. After an investigation it was determined that Cullen shot himself with a firearm during a domestic dispute. Cullen then threw the loaded handgun into a neighbor’s yard before driving himself to the hospital for treatment.

Officers observed a trail of blood on the outside of the residence that led to the fence of the property. The neighbor located the gun and reported it to Council Bluffs Police Department the next day. The firearm was determined to be a six shot, .22 caliber revolver, with one spent round in the cylinder. Cullen was convicted in 2007 of a felony for theft.

The investigation was conducted by the Council Bluffs Police Department and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives. The case was prosecuted by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Iowa.