A Texas woman was arrested for pointing a gun towards a 7-year old trick-or-treater at her Texas home on Halloween.
Monica Ann Bradford, 35 years old, pulled the gun after noticing the child in her driveway at her Buda home on 100 Block of Quarter Avenue.
Bradford was taken into custody, and brought to the Hays County Jail.
Texas woman Monica Ann Bradford (35), was charged with aggravated assault using a deadly weapon. She allegedly pointed a gun at a child seven years old.
Hays County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrived on the scene and found the child undamaged
Fox 7 Austin was informed by neighbors that Bradford’s front porch was lit, giving the impression that her home was open to trick or treaters.
Bradford kept shouting at trick-or-treaters who tried to enter her property. After seeing the child and their families at the end her driveway, she came out of her house with a loaded gun.
Neighbor Connie Medina said that Bradford asked about them.
“She just asked me who is in my driveway?”Medina remembered. Medina recalled, “And I was like, but I don’t know.”
“She said, “She said, fine, since you can’t inform me, I’m going go get my shotgun.”
Bradford had pulled the gun at the end her Buda driveway on the 100 block Quarter Avenue
Bradford’s neighbors reported to Bradford that her front light was on, and that Bradford was shouting at trick or treaters for getting onto her property.
Medina and her neighbors were stunned when Medina confronted the child with the deadly weapon.
Medina said, “I was in shock.” ‘It’s Halloween, there are kids everywhere, how can somebody just come out with a weapon and scare these kids?’
Hays County Sheriff’s Office deputies rushed to the scene at 7.20pm, where the child was unharmed.
One neighbor said that cops were at the street’s end. ‘They stopped us and said nobody’s allowed to go down this street, there’s an incident with a gun involved.’
Bradford was booked in Hays County Jail and charged with second-degree felony assault. A bond of $10,000 was set.
She was charged with aggravated attack with a deadly weapon. Her bond was set at $10,000
Bradford’s neighbors are still worried about Bradford’s safety, with some claiming that they might not let their children trick-or treat next year.
This incident occurs after a violent Halloween weekend.
One person was killed and nine others were injured in a shooting at an event centre near the Texas-Arkansas border.
Keuntae McElroy (21-year-old suspect) surrendered the next day to police.
Another shooting was reported at the Halloween party in Houston, Texas on Schindler Drive. Aleksis Cantu was 18, and three other people were hurt.