A Warsaw Community High School senior is being held on two counts of criminal recklessness after an incident in Pierceton Thursday night.
Stephen Ray Mason, 17, of 707 W. Market St., Warsaw, was booked into Kosciusko County Jail Monday on two counts of criminal recklessness, dangerous possession of a firearm and carrying a firearm without a permit. He was held on $10,000 bond.According to a police, there was a call to dispatch around 10:55 p.m. Thursday of shots fired in Pierceton, and that a vehicle that fled the scene was a green cadillac with 24-inch chrome rims.
The driver was described as a white male headed toward Warsaw on Pierceton Road.
At 10:59 p.m., Winona Lake Police Officer Paul Heaton noticed a vehicle fitting the description pull into Merrywood Trailer Park, turn its lights off and come to a stop in front of a lot.
After detaining Mason, who was in the vehicle, the report stated Heaton found a brown and black Bersa .380 handgun with one round in the chamber and one unspent round in the magazine. Both rounds were R-P 380 Auto Rounds.
According to police, two male teenagers stated that after an incident in Sidney involving several teenagers where Mason alleged confronted them with a crow bar, they went to a home in Pierceton where they once again saw Mason.
The two males stated that they once again saw Mason near the home in Pierceton. When the two males confronted Mason, Mason shot a round near the feet of one of the males.
They also reported Mason attempted to pistol whip one of the teens.
According to police reports, the incident in Pierceton resulted from a fight involving several teenagers in Sidney earlier in the evening.
Mason fit the description of three teens interviewed by police, though there were conflicting statements as to what occurred in Sidney that led to the altercation.
Mason was transported to a juvenile detention center in South Bend before being booked into KCJ.
