Court seizes gun of man who fired at ‘suspicious’ car

NASSAU- A magistrate cancelled the gun license and seized the shotgun of a man who shot at a “suspicious car.”

Alex Knowles, 44, said he was in fear of his life when a heavily tinted car slowed down in front of his home after 9pm on April 30.

Knowles pleaded guilty to wantonly discharging a firearm.

This prompted Knowles to retrieve his shotgun from his Winton Meadows home. Knowles told Senior Magistrate Derence Rolle-Davis that he shouted, “Who you is and who you come to?”

However, he got no response. Knowles said he fired a shot into the air when the backdoor of the car swung open.

Knowles said, “I fired one shot in the air and the car sped off. I didn’t know who was coming out of the backseat of that car.”

He added,” I thought I was going to die. I had no idea who was in it.”

Knowles later learned that Kimberley Dames was dropping his brother-in-law home.

Senior Magistrate Derence Rolle-Davis did not find Knowles’s reaction reasonable.

He said, “The court is of the view that this defendant ought not be in possession of a firearm. The gun is confiscated, and the license is cancelled forthwith.”

Knowles was also fined $1,000 or two months in prison.