BUTLER TWP — A township man who survived a self-inflicted gunshot wound after he allegedly fired at his ex-girlfriend’s new boyfriend has been charged with attempted homicide and other crimes.

The shooting occurred Sept. 9 at the Whitestown Village Apartments, where the accused, Michael Lee Holt, 33, lived.

District Judge Kevin O’Donnell on Thursday arraigned Holt, who only recently was released from the hospital for treatment of serious head and facial injuries.

He was bandaged on the face when he appeared at his arraignment, accompanied by defense attorney John J. Morgan.

Holt was released on $50,000 unsecured bail and placed on electronic monitoring as part of his pretrial supervision, following arraignment.

A preliminary hearing is set for Dec. 4.

Township police in charging documents accused Holt of firing three shots from a 9 mm pistol at Michael Shamber during the altercation at the apartment complex.

Shamber, 39, of Butler Township had “unexpectedly arrived” about 10 p.m. at the apartment complex, a police affidavit said.

Some time earlier, his girlfriend, Mary Wright, 34, went to Holt’s apartment to say goodbye to the defendant. Wright told police she had recently ended their live-in relationship.

Holt and Wright began to argue after Shamber began honking his car’s horn in the parking lot. The woman said Holt pulled a pistol from his waistband, racked the slide and went outside.

He headed toward Shamber seated in his car.

Shamber got out of the vehicle, and Holt fired at least three times from the 9 mm handgun “in an attempt to shoot or kill” the other man, documents said.

Wright told police she followed Holt and pleaded to him to stop. Shamber took off running across the parking lot.

“(Holt) yelled for Shamber to come back so they could settle this,” the affidavit said.

Moments later, Holt turned toward Wright, who had fallen to the ground, and pointed the gun at her. “Wright begged for Holt not to shoot her,” the affidavit said.

He did not harm the woman. Instead, police said, he walked to Shamber’s unoccupied 2000 Honda Accord and repeatedly struck it with the pistol.

During the vandalism, the gun fired, hitting the lower driver’s door.

Holt next went to Wright’s 2007 Honda CR-V and again used the gun to hit the vehicle. A round from the gun discharged and hit the driver’s door area.

Police said Shamber’s car and Wright’s sport utility vehicle sustained damage of $3,640 and $1,615, respectively.

Holt went back into his second-floor apartment. By then, 911 had received numerous calls and police were dispatched.

Holt was behind a locked bathroom door when officers arrived.

Other tenants said they could hear police trying to talk the suspect into coming out. He refused, and five to 10 minutes later, officers heard a gunshot.

Officers kicked in the door and found Holt had apparently shot himself in the head with a 7 mm rifle. He was mumbling and part of his jaw was missing, according to authorities.

Police later learned the shot had gone out Holt’s head and traveled through both the bathroom ceiling and into floor of Nathan Delaney’s third-floor apartment above.

The bullet pierced Delaney’s bathtub. He was home at the time but was not hurt.

Holt was taken to Butler Memorial Hospital and later flown to Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh.

Police eventually recovered the 9 mm pistol and 7 mm rifle after searching Holt’s apartment.

Township Police Chief John Hays previously told the Butler Eagle that Holt owns the pistol and has a concealed carry permit for it.

Police filed charges following an extensive investigation that included numerous interviews and scientific testing of evidence.

Detective Sgt. David Fish, the investigating officer, acknowledged Thursday police had not spoken to Holt before they charged him. Fish declined further comment.

In addition to attempted homicide, Holt is charged with two counts of aggravated assault and one count of discharging a firearm into an occupied structure, all felonies.

Additionally, he faces charges of terroristic threats, reckless endangerment, simple assault and criminal mischief.

Morgan, his attorney, could not be reached for comment after Thursday’s arraignment.

Court records showed that just seven days before the shooting Holt signed the final divorce decree with his wife of 10 years.