An East Greenville man is accused of illegally firing a rifle near an apartment complex on Tuesday. The state police arrested Shayne Anthony Cook, 35, of West Fourth Street, on Wednesday, Feb. 11.

            Smith faces five misdemeanor counts each of possession of an instrument of crime and recklessly endangering another person, along with five related summary offenses from an alleged incident at the Willows, located at 401 West Fourth St.

            At approximately 7 p.m. on Feb. 10, a trooper from the Skippack barracks responded to the community for the report of an individual discharging a firearm. Two people working to repair the heating system reported hearing the discharge. Both ran into the building, while one reported it to the property manager, according to the police criminal complaint filed in the Red Hill court of District Judge Maureen Coggins.

            A resident told authorities that she observed a white Subaru drive up to the vehicle waiting for her at the complex. She also claimed to hear the driver of the Subaru yell and scream at her partner with their children in their car.

            The resident reported observing the Subaru drive away from the property. Once returning to the van, she reported hearing a firearm being discharged near her vehicle. Fearing for her life, the tenant drove the vehicle away, according to the affidavit of probable cause.

            The driver of the same van, parked in an alley, told a trooper he noticed the Subaru pull directly up to the front of his vehicle. The man in the Subaru then began to yell at the van driver and honk his horn to move his vehicle.

            On his way out of the complex, the van driver observed that the man from the Subaru walked into a field with what was described as a brown-colored rifle.

            At approximately 5:50 p.m., video surveillance shows a white minivan and two drivers who appear to be involved in an argument. Cook's vehicle then travels in reverse on Water Alley, according to the affidavit of probable cause.

            During the interview, Cook allegedly admitted to being involved in a verbal argument with the minivan driver, stating that the vehicle was blocking his driveway. Since the car was not immediately moved, Cook reversed his car and parked in front of his house. He retrieved his rifle, walked into his yard, and fired one or two rounds into the ground, according to the legal document.

            The defendant remains in Montgomery County jail after Jenkintown District Judge Christopher J. Cerski set bail in the case at $50,000 monetary. A preliminary hearing, before Coggins, has been scheduled for 11:15 a.m. on Feb. 23.