Shots fired from an AR-15 style rifle caused a disturbance near The Heights apartments in Slippery Rock last weekend, and charges have been filed as a result.

State police charged Edge W. Kerry, 29, of Karns City, with felony prohibited possession of a firearm and misdemeanors reckless endangerment and disorderly conduct for the Sunday incident.

Police said they responded around 2 a.m. to the apartment complex for a disturbance and later heard dispatches of shots being fired in the woods near the building.

When officers arrived, additional shots were heard coming from a Weaver Lane address in Slippery Rock Township. Police said two males were seen fleeing the area.

The Weaver Lane address is surrounded by other residences and apartment complexes, the affidavit stated.

Kerry was placed in Butler County Prison in lieu of $50,000 bail. His preliminary hearing before District Judge Joseph Nash is scheduled May 10.

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