WALNUT HILL, Fla. — A man has been arrested after two women said he drank too much and fired a rifle in their direction, according to an Escambia County Sheriff’s Office arrest report.
John Dennis, 32, lives on Highway 99 near Walnut Hill. He is charged with two counts of aggravated assault and firing a weapon while under the influence of alcohol.
One of the women said she was at Dennis’s home cooking him dinner after meeting him the day before. Another woman arrived, and she and Dennis argued. The second woman told the first they both needed to leave because Dennis was getting a gun.
The women said Dennis came out of the home pointing a gun and telling them to leave. They said he began shooting toward them as they left, and they went to a neighbor’s house to call 911.
Deputies found an AK-47, a .32-caliber semi-automatic handgun and an empty bottle of Fireball whiskey on the ground near the front steps. Dennis was booked into the Escambia County Jail on an $11,000 bond.