Juvenile arrested after pointing loaded gun at security guard in Parrish, sheriff’s office says
The owner of a newly built home in Parrish was surprised to find a rear sliding glass door shattered when he arrived to do some work on the home early Sunday morning.
A neighborhood security guard then went into the home in the 12000 block of Blue Diamond Trail in the Prosperity Lakes neighborhood after talking to the homeowner, where he discovered a juvenile with a gun in an upstairs bathroom, according to the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office.
The 16-year-old reportedly pulled the trigger several times while pointing the gun at the guard, but the gun did not fire, deputies said in a news release.
The Manatee County Sheriff’s Office was notified and found the juvenile in the neighborhood, but he ran from the deputies.
Investigators say the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office Aviation Unit helped track the juvenile and found him in a nearby field.
The juvenile is facing charges of attempted murder while engaged in a felony, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, armed burglary, resisting arrest without violence, and possession of a firearm by a minor, according to the release.
The sheriff’s office said they are not releasing any information on the juvenile “at this time.”
Nobody was hurt in the incident and the loaded gun was located, deputies say.
This story was originally published January 1, 2024 at 2:12 PM.
