The Apopka Police Department arrested a man after he allegedly shot at his neighbor several times following an argument over loud music.
Nobody was hurt in the shooting, but Matthew Howard said he was inches away from losing his life after his neighbor, 34-year-old C V-G, allegedly fired at him several times on Sunday, Aug. 17.
Howard pointed out several bullet holes in the patio screen of his Apopka home to WESH 2 on Tuesday. He said that he’s had problems with V-G and his mother since “day one”.
Howard said he was on his patio with his mother-in-law when the shooting happened.
He said after looking at the holes in his patio screen, he believes,
“If I was an inch in any other direction if either of us were… we could be seriously hurt on dead,” he said.
According to the arrest report, VG was taken to the police department. He told officers he grabbed a gun during an argument with the neighbors to scare them, and claimed to have fired rounds into the air, and later he said it was into the ground.
His mother told police their neighbors are “very argumentative and pick on her.” She also told police her son fired four shots into the ground.
According to the arrest report, police found four spent shell casings on the porch and said, “based on the projectiles’ suspected path of travel, the Defendant intentionally aimed for the victims.”
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Source: wesh
