A Chanute man is arrested on multiple charges after shooting himself in a Joplin parking lot.

 JPD officials say the incident took place at 12:24 this morning. Officers received information that an individual with multiple warrants was inside a vehicle in the Planet Fitness parking lot at 2113 South Geneva Avenue. The suspect, 36-year-old Andrew Hegwald, of Chanute, had active felony warrants out of Neosho County, for Statutory Rape and Child Molestation.

 Officers responded and located Hegwald inside the vehicle on the parking lot. As they attempted to make contact, Hegwald retrieved a handgun and fired one round resulting in a self-inflicted gunshot wound. He was given medical aid and transported to Freeman Hospital in critical condition. Next of kin has been notified.

 The investigation is ongoing.