Man Fires Gun In Richardson Parking Lot To Break Up Fight

RICHARDSON (AP/CBSDFW.COM) – Police say a 22-year-old man fired a gun in a parking lot to break up a fight.

No one was injured.

A group of people had gathered at Solomon's Porch on Friday night when some others arrived around 10 p. m. Richardson police spokesman Kevin Perlich said the groups were outside in a parking lot when the fighting began.  One man who had been at the church pulled out a gun and fired several times into the air.

The groups dispersed.

Officers arrested the man, who was charged with discharging a weapon in a public place, a Class B misdemeanor.

Perlich, who said the man had no intention of shooting anyone, called the gunfire "effective, but it was a poor decision."

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