A man was arrested in Barrie on Tuesday after he reportedly fired a semi-automatic rifle outside a restaurant on Bayfield Street.
Barrie police say they had received a call from a man around 6:45 p.m. who said he heard a loud pop in the area of a fast-food restaurant he was dining at with his children. That noise was followed by a young man apologizing, claiming the sound came from a BB gun.
After getting a description of the man, police spotted him nearby and subsequently arrested him inside a Bayfield Street business, also seizing a firearm.
An investigation yielded the seizure of a .22 caliber GSG-16 Carbine rifle, a spent .22 caliber shell casing, a crowbar, box cutters, a flip pocketknife, a small amount of suspected cocaine, scales, and several bills in Canadian currency.
Overall, the 20-year-old man from Barrie is facing seven charges, all related his possession and discharge of the weapon.
No injuries were reported in connection to the incident.
Police say the man was remanded into custody to await a bail hearing scheduled for Friday and the investigation is ongoing.
