TRINITY — One man was arrested after shots were allegedly fired around a county restaurant.
According to reports from the Trinity County Sheriff’s Office, just after midnight on Friday, deputies responded to a call of shots fired at the Back Porch Bar & Grill.
The report states that when units arrived, they found a suspect backing his truck up in the parking lot and trying to claim he was the victim. However, multiple patrons quickly told police that the man, identified as Matthew Christopher Untermeyer, 29, actually had the weapon.
A firearm was located in plain view inside the truck, and a spent shell casing was recovered at the scene. Surveillance footage has been obtained, and additional video will be reviewed, the report states.
Untermeyer was charged with three counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, second-degree felonies; unlawful carrying of a weapon into a prohibited place, a third-degree felony; and disorderly conduct – discharge of a firearm, a misdemeanor.
