Crime & Safety
Man, Juvenile Charged With Firing Gun From Car
The victim told a Bartow sheriff's deputy that the driver allegedly said, "That was a warning shot," before driving away from the scene.
CARTERSVILLE, GA — An 18-year-old man and a juvenile were charged with firing a weapon from a vehicle last week during a confrontation with another resident in Bartow County. A deputy was dispatched around 12:49 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 16 to a call of shots fired from a gold Toyota Camry at a mobile home park in the 5800 block of Highway 2o in Cartersville.
The deputy arrived to help with the traffic stop on the Toyota and spoke with the driver of the vehicle, identified as Christopher Robin Bowen Jr. Bowen, 18, said he and his passenger, an underage male, were driving in the mobile home park when a man yelled something at the passenger, according to a Bartow County Sheriff's Office incident report.
Bowen said the passenger got upset, "shot at" the man and left the area, the report adds. The alleged victim, a 32-year-old Cartersville resident who admitted to having a relationship with Bowen's girlfriend, told the deputy he was arriving home when the Camry stopped and Bowen allegedly fired the weapon. He told the deputy he believed he heard Bowen say, "That was a warning shot," before leaving the park.
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A search of the Camry revealed about 50 grams of marijuana, a Smith and Wesson firearm, one grinder, a large scale and a metal tray with marijuana leaves on it, the incident report states.
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Bowen and the underage passenger were each charged with aggravated assault, possession of marijuana with the intent to distribute, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, altering ID of firearm and discharging a firearm near a public highway. The juvenile was also charged with possession of a pistol under the age of 18.
Bowen, a Pickens County resident, was transported to the Bartow County Jail where he remains held without bond. The juvenile was transported to the Youth Detention Center in Rome.
Photo: Christopher Robin Bowen. Credit: Bartow County Sheriff's Office
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