Flagstaff Man Fires Gun Outside Alcohol Treatment Center

Assailant fires at another program attendee; is arrested for extreme DUI in Arizona.

The Flagstaff Police Department was called to a local alcohol treatment center to investigate reports of a drunk man with a hand gun. While officers were enroute to the Alano Club, reports of a shot being fired reached the police dispatcher.

The officers located a red Jeep described at the scene, and they disarmed and removed Charles Lherault from the vehicle. Lherault, 45, told officers that he did not want another man attending the alcohol program and pointed a gun at him. After asking the other man if he was ‘scared to die, Lherault fired his gun once, missing the intended victim. The bullet lodged in the wall of a nearby barbecue stand.

Lherault reportedly had a holstered pistol on each hip and a gun in his lap at the time of his arrest. He was charged with second degree attempted homicide and driving under the influence in Arizona.

A 33-year old Michigan woman with Lherault at the time also had a gun confiscated, though she was not charged with a crime.

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