PANAMA CITY — One of three Panama City men has been arrested for shooting into a crowd and grazing two separate people including a 16-year-old girl, according to court documents.
Michael Vernon Porter, 18, appeared in court Wednesday after his arrest for allegedly shooting into a crowd of people on Kurze Avenue on Sept. 21. He was booked into Bay County Jail on charges of aggravated assault and discharging a firearm in public Tuesday, but circumstances of the arrest were left unclear.
Panama City Police Department declined to comment on the matter as of Wednesday evening.
Damarius Mimms, 19, and Jakorey Shivers, 19, are listed as co-defendants on Porter’s arrest affidavit but whether they have been charged in the shooting was also unclear. Bay County Clerk of Court records indicated neither of two men has pending felonies.
According to Porter’s arrest affidavit, he and the two other men were armed in the 10th Street and Kurze Avenue area on Sept. 21 when they began shooting at citizens in the roadway. A bullet grazed a 16-year-old girl’s hand and an adult man’s leg. Once the three men began shooting, the crowd fled in terror, police reported.
What incited the shooting was unclear Wednesday.