Man Charged With Allegedly Firing A Shotgun At People During Dispute

WNY News Now Stock Image.

RIPLEY – A Chautauqua County man is facing charges after allegedly firing a long gun at people on Friday night.

The Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office alleges that 31-year-old Patrick Bowman, of Ripley, fired two rounds from a shotgun within close vicinity of multiple victims during a confrontation.

Sheriff K-9 Bentley found a spent ammunition round in the snow where the alleged incident occurred.











Bowman was taken into custody a short time later and charged with two counts of fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon, second-degree reckless endangerment, and second-degree menacing.

After obtaining a search warrant, deputies recovered multiple firearms at Bowman’s residence.

It appears no one was hurt in the incident.









Deputies say Bowman was held in the Chautauqua County Jail pending centralized arraignment.

 

Make it easy to keep up to date with more stories like this. Download the WNY News Now mobile app on the Apple App Store and Google Play Store.

 

Have a news tip? Email newsdesk@WNYNewsNow.com, send us a message on Facebook, or Twitter.

WNY News Now encourages an open exchange of opinions and ideas on our stories, however, we ask everyone to follow our comment policy.

Be the first to comment

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published.


*


This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.