A Scranton man faces charges after police said he fired a gun in the parking lot of the Walmart in Taylor on Friday night.
Officers responded to the scene around 10:43 p.m. for the report of multiple people fighting and shots fired, police said.
Multiple witnesses advised officers the shots were fired in the parking lot and a red vehicle fled toward Main Street, according to a criminal complaint.
Officers took Mark Melbourn Langevine, 32, into custody Saturday following an investigation, police said.
Police charged Langevine with aggravated assault, simple assault, recklessly endangering another person and disorderly conduct. No one was injured during the incident, officers said.
Langevine (Courtesy Taylor Police Department)
A Walmart security guard told officers she saw multiple people fighting and an older male pulled out a gun and pointed it at a group of younger males, police said. She also reported hearing a shot go off, officers said.
The males told officers they were in the electronics section when they noticed an older man was “sizing them up” and kept following them in the store, according to the criminal complaint.
The males also told police they saw the same man approach their vehicle in the parking lot and feared he was going to try to rob them, but he got in their face and continued arguing with them, officers said.
A physical altercation broke out and the males told officers Langevine pointed a gun at them, and that they heard a gunshot, police said. The males then saw Langevine get into a red vehicle, officers said.
Video surveillance showed Langevine approach the group of males and get into a verbal and physical altercation with them before pulling out a gun and pointing it at them, police said.
When speaking with police, Langevine told officers the males started yelling at him and calling him names as they were leaving the store and that he got punched in the face, according to the criminal complaint.
Langevine originally denied having a gun in the parking lot and said he might have had a knife, officers said. When questioned about the video, Langevine told officers he had a gun and pulled it out because everything was happening so fast, but didn’t remember if he pulled the trigger, police said.
Officers were unable to locate shell casings and believe a woman who was with Langevine picked them up, according to the criminal complaint.
As of Sunday afternoon, Langevine remained in custody at Lackawanna County Prison.