MAN ARRESTED AFTER SHOTS FIRED INTO AIR

Man accused of firing shot in air outside River Street bar

TROY >> A city man was arrested Saturday night after police said he fired a gun into the air during a dispute outside a River Street nightspot.

City police spokesman Capt. Daniel DeWolf said officers responded to the area of 404 River St., outside Ryan’s Wake, for a report of shots fired.

Witnesses at the scene said Andrew Melville, 25, fired one shot in the air from inside a vehicle before driving away and that an off-duty police officer called for assistance.

DeWolf said the bullet did not strike any vehicles or property and no one was injured.

Melville was quickly apprehended and charged with firstdegree reckless endangerment and unlawfully discharging a firearm.

SIDEWINDER PHOTOGRAPHY A Troy police officer searches a sidewalk on River Street for shell casings Saturday night after a man allegedly fired a gun into the air during a dispute.

SIDEWINDER PHOTOGRAPHY A shell casing sits Saturday night on a sidewalk on River Street, where a man allegedly fired a shot in the air during a dispute outside Ryan’s Wake.