OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — An 11-year-old boy has been arrested after police say he shot a priest with a pellet gun in an Omaha church parking lot.

Officers were dispatched Wednesday night to St. James Catholic Church after the Rev. Thomas Weisbecker reported the boy ran up behind him, shot him in the head three times with a pellet gun and demanded money.

The boy ran away as police arrived. Officers later found him at a nearby house.

The boy’s mother said her son ran into her home as she was in the garage. She escorted officers into her home, where they found the airsoft gun.

The boy was booked at the Douglas County Youth Center on suspicion of attempted robbery and misdemeanor assault.