LAKEPORT, Calif. – A woman found pointing a BB gun at Martin Street as cars were driving by was arrested on Monday afternoon.
Amber Renae McKinney, 27, of Lakeport, was arrested in the case, according to Lakeport Police Chief Brad Rasmussen.
At 3:20 p.m. Monday the Lakeport Police Department received a citizen report of a female subject pointing a rifle at cars in the 600 block of Martin Street, Rasmussen said.
Upon arrival, an officer saw a female subject point a rifle directly at Martin Street where cars were driving by, according to Rasmussen's report.
Rasmussen said officers conducted a felony takedown of the suspect, ordering her to comply with orders at gunpoint.
She complied with officers' orders, dropped the rifle and was taken into custody, Rasmussen said.
He said further investigation determined that McKinney was intoxicated, the rifle was a BB gun and that she was shooting at beer cans set up on the north edge of Martin Street.
McKinney, who also goes by the last name of Hulsey, was arrested and booked on misdemeanor charges of negligent discharge of a weapon and public intoxication, with bail set at $5,000, according to jail records.
According to jail records she posted the required 10 percent of the bail amount and was released.
Rasmussen said shooting any type of weapon – BB gun or otherwise – toward or across a highway or roadway is illegal and creates a dangerous situation for the involved subject, the community and law enforcement.