1 arrested after shots fired

BAYOU GEORGE -- The Bay County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a man in connection to a shooting from a moving vehicle Friday afternoon.

At about 4 p.m., a BCSO Civil Division deputy was on Pipeline Road delivering civil papers when he heard gunshots coming from a passing car.

The deputy followed the car, which stopped on Amanda Circle, and two people inside were detained. A handgun was found in the car, along with some marijuana.

A passenger, Spicey C. Kilpatrick, 24, has been charged with felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition and shooting from a vehicle.

No one was injured in the shooting and it remains unclear why the gun had been fired. The driver of the car, a woman, had not been arrested late Friday, but the investigation is ongoing.