10/11/23

ONE MAN PULLED OUT A GUN, AND ANOTHER MAN PULLED OUT AN AXE. ACCORDING TO COTTONWOOD POLICE, A CONFRONTATION BETWEEN TWO GROUPS OF PEOPLE OCCURRED AT THE SPEEDWAY GAS STATION ON MAIN STREET EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. A MAN FROM THE FIRST GROUP OF PEOPLE POINTED A GUN AT THE SECOND GROUP. THAT’S WHEN A MAN FROM THE SECOND GROUP PRODUCED AN AXE AND APPROACHED THE FIRST GROUP, WHO FLED THE SCENE. BUT AS THE FIRST GROUP WAS STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT AT THE INTERSECTION OF MAIN AND HIGHWAY 260, SOMEONE FROM THAT GROUP FIRED AT THE SECOND GROUP OF PEOPLE. NO ONE WAS HIT BY THE GUNFIRE. 

POLICE TRACKED DOWN THREE PEOPLE INVOLED IN THE CONFRONTATION AND ARRESTED THEM ON A VARIETY OF FELONY CHARGES, INCLUDING AGGRAVATED ASSAULT AND WEAPONS MISCONDUCT.