A man fired a handgun five times and one shot put a hole through a passenger front door occupied by five people in central Odessa, an Odessa Police Department affidavit detailed.
Robert Barr, 71, was charged Thursday with five counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, each a second-degree felony.
The shots fired call happened at 9:53 a.m. at 2737 Keystone Drive, the affidavit stated. Barr left the scene in a blue Ford Mustang and was located and arrested at the 2500 block of Grandview Avenue.
Barr’s neighbor, Cynthia Thornhill, told officers she heard two gunshots. Thornhill looked outside, saw Barr pointing a handgun toward the roadway and he fired three more times, the affidavit stated.
Alma Olivas called and reported she was driving down the 2700 block of Keystone Drive when Barr started shooting toward the roadway and her white 2006 GMC Yukon was struck on the passenger front door. There were five people in the Yukon, the affidavit detailed.
Barr was charged, arrested and transported to the Ector County Law Enforcement Center. He has five bonds totaling $375,000 and was still in custody as of Friday afternoon, jail records show.
