UPDATE: Police Question Men About Shots Fired Call; 4 Arrested

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Posted: 7:31 AM Sep 5, 2008
Last Updated: 4:55 PM Sep 5, 2008
Reporter: WSAZ News Staff
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HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) --Police picked up four men for transporting and having stolen guns.

According to witness statements to police the four also matched the descriptions of the people accused of firing shots into a car in the back of the Red Iguana.

Police say they were driving a white car, as descripted by witnesses in the other report.

Around 3am, officers responded to a shots fired call behind a bar in the 800-block of 4th Avenue. They found .45 shell casings near where they believe the shots were fired.

Officers stopped the white Mazda Millenia at the corner of 9th Street and 4th Avenue shortly after the shooting.

Police tell us they found a handgun under the drivers seat and one in the trunk inside a sock. It’s unclear if those were the weapons used in the shooting. According to the reports it appears those two guns are of a different caliber.

No one was injured in the shooting. Police arrested these four men charging them with misdemeanor crimes: Anthony Garrett, Ronnie Turner, Daniel Johnson and Mauryl Garrett.

Anthony wasn't allowed to carry guns and was charged for it. All suspects were also charged with concealing a deadly device.

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Posted by: tarkey on Sep 6, 2008 at 08:13 PM
them guns was jus in the car not been shot whas wrong if dey jus drivin huntinton is dangerus you got to carry

Posted by: anonymous on Sep 6, 2008 at 07:56 PM
wrong guys wrong guys profiling going on in huntington as usual been going on for years and years lets try to get the right guys sometimes

Posted by: smh on Sep 6, 2008 at 07:09 PM
there are more serious cases to worry about than this...big whooop...shots were fired(no one injured) and shell casings dont even match...police need to worry about more serious things...like why ppl that need to be locked up out runnin around chillin ...

Posted by: They all look alike on Sep 6, 2008 at 05:25 PM
media literacy? Don't believe everything you read. And please please please, read and use your brain. Do the shell casings match? Was there any mention of proof the gun had been recently fired? Once again the HPD got the wrong guys. The guys who are were really shooting are laughing like hell. I guess if the description is a black guy you pull over the first car you see with black guys. Oh yeah and it says "it's unclear if these guns were used in the shooting", Yeah right. It's perfectly clear and was clear that night that those guns were not the ones used. I promise you won't see a follow up story to report that.

Posted by: Chris on Sep 6, 2008 at 11:04 AM
Idiots like these guys are why I dont go to Bars anymore! You cant safely walk to your car without shots geting fired or idiots wanting to fight you. Again cut there hands off and they wont fire shots again! Ol but wait thats cruel! Yea whatever!

Posted by: kyman on Sep 6, 2008 at 10:38 AM
sounds drug related

Posted by: Joker on Sep 6, 2008 at 09:28 AM
4 more worthless lowlifes in jail. Good job HPD. You guys are getting my confidence back.

Posted by: Anonymous on Sep 6, 2008 at 07:05 AM
so this is who is watching my town while i sleep to get up the next day to go work hard to make a dollar to feed them if my tax dollar is going to pay to put them in jail i would like to see my tax dollar keep them there since my tax dollar is feeding them

Posted by: wrong guys on Sep 5, 2008 at 09:49 PM
we had nothing to do with the shooting, we where just leaving.

Posted by: Anonymous on Sep 5, 2008 at 09:00 PM
3 of the 4 are already out and back on the streets

Posted by: hehe on Sep 5, 2008 at 07:47 PM
too bad they weren't the people shooting....shucks hpd.

Posted by: Joe on Sep 5, 2008 at 07:03 PM
Obama 08' Higher taxes on rich people would have helped this situation. Could have got these fine upstanding urbanites into some social programs.

Posted by: Anonymous on Sep 5, 2008 at 05:33 PM
I'm suprised drugs were not involved! Just 4 more losers I hope rot in jail for their stupidity.

Posted by: anonamos on Sep 5, 2008 at 03:58 PM
OMG DATS REDICULOUS

Posted by: carl on Sep 5, 2008 at 12:24 PM
hey did you guys fire your guns,no we didn't,ok you can go.

Posted by: Anonymous on Sep 5, 2008 at 12:15 PM
Great job HPD for the quick capture of these criminals!. Thanks for the great job you all do. Funny how no one comments when they capture these types so quick but had they gotten away, there would have been 20 comments on here saying how bad the HPD is. Sad.

Posted by: So whats new? on Sep 5, 2008 at 12:05 PM
WOW!!! 4th Ave & 8th Street....nightclubs...haven't we been here done that a kazillion times? No news here folks! Just more of these "innocent" clubs along 4th Avenue FRESHMEN! Welcome to Huntington AND MARSHALL! And welcome to OUR world! This is what we have to live with and put up with in our once quiet, beautiful, prosperous and SAFE town! Can't get up & down 4th Avenue anytime of day or night without having to dodge bullets!

Posted by: Anonymous on Sep 5, 2008 at 11:27 AM
You might want to change the word "shot" to "short" in the last sentence

Posted by: Anonymous on Sep 5, 2008 at 09:51 AM
PEOPLE ARE SO STUPID..FIND SOMETHING BETTER TO DUE WITH YOUR TIME...

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