COWLEY COUNTY —Law enforcement authorities are investigating a suspect on felony allegations after an arrest.
On April 26, officers were dispatched to the 1000 block of North Summit Street in Arkansas City for a report of a disturbance in a vehicle traveling along the roadway, possibly involving a gun of some kind, according to a media release.
Police were unable to locate the vehicle, but were able to identify the reporting party who called 911.
That person, a 56-year-old Arkansas City man, alleged that a relative, later identified as Floyd Dale Young, 72, Joplin, Missouri, had pointed what the victim thought to be a handgun at him and then stated that he should shoot the victim.
Police eventually located Young and questioned him about the incident. He stated that he had pulled a BB gun from his back waistband because he was afraid of the victim, but denied pointing it at him.
Young provided the BB gun to an officer, who collected it as evidence. He was taken into custody without incident and booked into the Cowley County Jail in Winfield on a requested charge of felony aggravated assault.