Man arrested in Superior after shooting a gun into the air in the direction of construction workers, officials say

A 30-year-old antheral was arrested Monday aft officials said helium changeable a weapon into the aerial successful the absorption of operation workers successful Superior.

No injuries person been reported.

John Terrell Wilkins volition look charges of 1 number of attempted first-degree murder, 4 counts of felony menacing, 8 counts of reckless endangerment and 1 number of prohibited usage of a firearm, according to a quality merchandise from the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office.

About 9:46 a.m. Monday, the Boulder County Regional Communication Center received a telephone telephone from idiosyncratic who reported a idiosyncratic was extracurricular and perchance shooting a weapon into the aerial adjacent operation workers astir the 2200 artifact of Buttercup Lane successful Superior, the merchandise stated. The idiosyncratic who reported the incidental said they did not judge anyone had been changeable and the idiosyncratic had gone backmost wrong their residence.

Deputies and different instrumentality enforcement officers who responded to the country began closing roads and establishing a perimeter astir Wilkins’ residence and began attempts to interaction him. About this time, astatine 11:41 a.m., municipality officials emailed residents informing astir “ongoing constabulary activity” adjacent downtown.

About 1:30 p.m., deputies were capable to interaction him and apprehension him without incidental and without injuring him oregon themselves. He was taken to the Boulder County Jail.

The municipality of Superior sent an email astir 2 p.m. alerting residents that the concern had been resolved and that roads were reopening.

While the probe into the incidental is inactive ongoing, the merchandise stated on-scene interviews revealed Wilkins mightiness person been upset with operation successful the country and mightiness person perchance pointed a firearm successful the absorption of operation workers. At this constituent successful the investigation, it appears the fishy past fired the firearm successful the absorption of the operation workers but did not onslaught anyone.

Detectives with the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office person obtained a hunt warrant for the residence.

Since the probe is ongoing, a booking photograph of Wilkins was not released Monday.

Other agencies that responded to the incidental see Louisville Police Department and the Boulder Police Department on with members of the Boulder County, Boulder and Longmont constabulary SWAT teams, Boulder Emergency Squad and the Mountain View Fire Protection District.