A man from Hilliards was arrested for allegedly firing a gun during an altercation in northern Butler County.
The alleged incident happened on Friday evening (about 6 p.m.) at a home on Boyers Road in Marion Township.
According to State Police, 30-year-old Joshua Howland is accused of driving to the victim’s home and getting into a verbal altercation. During the fight, police allege Howland threatened to shoot the victim- identified as an 18-year-old man- and then fired four rounds from a .45-caliber pistol.
The shots did not strike the victim and no one was injured.
Howland then left the scene. He was arrested a short time later.
