An incident near the Bypass Farmer's Market at Hamilton Bridge Road and Dogwood Drive, in Milton today involved two vehicles and a BB gun, resulting in a pedestrian hit by one of the vehicles, according to Milton Police Department Captain Tony Tindall. Details right now are scant, and Tindall said witness stories are conflicting, but he said the disturbance began with the firing of a BB gun, "not a firearm," and added nobody was hit. In the excitement of people leaving the scene, he said, someone was struck by one of the vehicles. "A witness saw him go up on the hood of one of the cars, and as the car turned, they slowed down and let him off and then took off…As far as we know there are no injuries," he said.
UPDATE
According to a press release from Chief Greg Brand, on Friday, around noon, Milton Police Department officers responded to the Bypass Farmer's Market in reference to a fight involving 7 to 8 people and weapons. Enroute to the location, officers were advised shots had been fired and an individual had been hit by a vehicle. Officers arrived and learned two vehicles, a black Dodge car and a white four-door car, were involved. The black Dodge was found with only one occupant. After an investigation, officers determiend the firearm was a CO2-powered BB gun. Officers have not yet identified the white vehicle or the subject hit by a vehicle, a passenger in the white one. The case is still under investigation.
If anyone has any information, contact Milton Police Department at 983-5420.
This article originally appeared on Santa Rosa Press Gazette: Incident with BB gun at farmer's market (UPDATED)