Grandmother and Grandson Charged in Connection With Pellet Rifle Incident

November 4, 2017

Laurel Hill, FL – A teenager and his grandmother have been arrested in connection with an incident where shots fired from a pellet rifle frightened people on Old Ebenezer Road near Laurel Hill.

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office received reports Friday around 2:15 p.m. of a teen hanging out of the front passenger window of a dark colored SUV with a rifle.

Witnesses say the teen fired the rifle and the crack of the discharge sounded similar to a .22 caliber. They initially thought the male was firing at them. The teen later said he was shooting at a nearby road sign.

OCSO deputies located the vehicle at the Laurel Hill Tom Thumb. Their investigation revealed the adult driving the car, 50-year old Linda Larson allowed her grandson, 14-year old Jordan Jones, to hang out of the window to fire what turned out to be a pellet rifle. After being confronted by witnesses she directed Jones to ditch the rifle in grass along the roadside.

Larson is charged with allowing a juvenile under age 16 to discharge a weapon, tampering with evidence, and possession of a controlled substance without a prescription. Jones is charged with discharging a weapon from a moving vehicle and tampering with evidence.