Man accused of pointing shotgun outside of vehicle and firing into air in McDonald’s parking lot

AMMON — A man was arrested Sunday greeting aft deputies opportunity he pointed a weapon astatine group and fired it successful nan air.

Daniel Wise, 18, is charged pinch felony aggravated battle and was booked into nan Bonneville County Jail.

Bonneville County Sheriff’s deputies were called to nan McDonald’s parking batch connected South 25th East astir 1 a.m. aft receiving a study that a man pointed a shotgun retired of a conveyance astatine bystanders and fired it successful nan air.

Wise past near nan area and deputies stopped him adjacent Hoopes Avenue and Parkwood Street. They recovered a shotgun wrong nan conveyance pinch a spent ammunition still wrong nan chamber, according to a news merchandise from nan Bonneville County Sheriff’s Office.

Witnesses astatine McDonald’s told deputies Wise and different 18-year-old man had been successful a verbal altercation earlier successful nan evening and Wise told nan man he would “pump lead into his chest,” according to nan release.

Wise near but later returned to nan parking batch wherever nan unfortunate and others were standing.

“He was seen pointing nan shotgun retired of nan rider model toward them. The unfortunate and different bystanders told deputies they ducked down cars successful nan parking batch and heard large bang arsenic nan conveyance Wise was successful drove away,” nan news merchandise says.

Wise told deputies he had asked nan driver of nan car to prime him up earlier successful nan evening and springiness him a ride. He besides mentioned he had smoked marijuana astir 3 hours earlier, according to deputies.

The driver of nan conveyance told deputies he saw Wise constituent nan shotgun retired nan model and arsenic nan driver quickly started driving away, he heard a large bang. The driver besides said he was alert nan shotgun was successful nan conveyance but did not cognize Wise was going to constituent it retired of nan window.

Wise appeared successful tribunal Monday. A preliminary proceeding is scheduled for Sept. 4.