PORT ORANGE, Fla. — A northeastern Florida man didn’t want to waste a drop of his cold beer as Port Orange police officers attempted to apprehend him for allegedly shooting at his neighbor Tuesday night.
Police arrived at a man’s house Tuesday night in a Port Orange neighborhood, where the man told them his neighbor threatened him with a gun.
While the man and police were talking about the incident, Brett McPeek reportedly walked out of his house and started shooting in their direction. Many other neighbors were outside at the time as well, a Port Orange Police Department Facebook post said.
Body cam video captures the moment officers dialed into McPeek’s location, guns drawn, finding him with two beers in his hand. First, he told officers he wanted to drink the beer, then he opened them.
“Well, I wanna drink this beer. Is that cool?” McPeek can be heard asking the officers.
After officers safely apprehended him, they searched his home and found a .38 Special revolver with a “spent shell casing,” the post said.
Police booked McPeek into the Volusia County Branch Jail with no bond. He faces charges of aggravated assault with a firearm and using a firearm while under the influence of alcohol.
No one was hurt before or during the ordeal.
