SOUTHPORT -- Target practice at 3 a.m. on a public road seems a little odd, but maybe it seemed like a good idea at the time.
Shortly after 3 a.m. Thursday, a Bay County deputy spotted a car parked on the side of State 77 near County 388. The car’s emergency lights were on. The driver, a 50-year-old Lynn Haven man, told the deputy he had run out of gas, according to a BCSO incident report.
The man smelled of alcohol, according to the report, and had decided to fire off a dozen gunshots from multiple firearms while he waited on a tow truck. What he was aiming at — if anything — was unclear. No injuries were reported.
The man smelled of alcohol and a search of the car turned up an open bottle of Canadian Hunter whiskey and six firearms — a Luger 9mm pistol, Beretta 9mm pistol, Ruger .357 pistol, Beretta .22 pistol, Hi-Point 9mm rifle and an AR-15 rifle. Deputies also found several boxes of ammunition and a marijuana joint, according to the report.
The man was arrested and charged with discharging a firearm while intoxicated, shooting on the road right of way and several other offenses.