Cantonment Man Charged With Firing Gun Outside Home

October 10, 2013

A Cantonment man is facing multiple charges after opening fire outside a residence.

Jerome Allen, age 58 of Booker Avenue, was charged with felony aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, felony carrying a concealed firearm, a misdemeanor count of a carrying a concealed weapon, a felony weapons offense for using a weapon during a felony,  firing a weapon in public, firing a weapon into a dwelling and possession of a controlled substance without a prescription. Allen remains in the Escambia County Jail with bond set at $27,000.

The victim said the incident began Tuesday night with Allen banging on her door because he believed she had his Xanax pills. After beating the doors and windows, Allen allegedly fired a shot at the residence on Avery Street before fleeing the area.

An Escambia County Sheriff’s deputy stopped Allen’s vehicle on Mobile Highway. Inside the  vehicle, deputies reported finding two empty .45 shell casings, a loaded .45 caliber semi-automatic pistol between the driver’s seat and center console, a baton in the driver’s door compartment and a taser on the front passenger seat. Deputies also found about three dozen Xanax pills in Allen’s back pocket.

According to an arrest report, Allen confessed to deputies that he discharged the firearm at the residence on Avery Street.

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Written by William Reynolds · Filed Under News