By Mike McCombs
The Island News
A 45-year-old Georgia man was arrested early Friday morning after firing several shots at at Beaufort Waffle House.
Leon Rivers faces charges of discharging a firearm in the city limits and public drunkenness.
Just after 2:15 a.m., Friday, June 20, City of Beaufort Police officers answered a shots fired call at the Waffle House restaurant at 2344 Boundary Street.
According to Beaufort Police Chief Stephanie Price, customers reported “a male in his 40s had fired several rounds into the air outside the business.”
The man fled the scene but returned a short time later, and police took him into custody. A search of the suspected revealed revealed a firearm.
According to Price, Rivers was upset because of an unrelated family matter. Rivers said there were no injuries and no property damaged.
Mike McCombs is the Editor of The Island News and can be reached at TheIslandNews@gmail.com.
