An 18-year-old Pasadena man is being held without bond after police say he fired a gun into the air during a Halloween house party, then ran from the scene into a wooded area, where officers and a K-9 unit saw him. Carter Lewis Jacobs now faces eight criminal charges stemming from the incident on the 200 block of 10th Street.
Officers responded to a report of shots fired just before midnight on Saturday, according to patch.com, which reported that police learned a single round had been fired into the air during the party. As reported by WBFF, the Anne Arundel County Police Department identified the shooter as Jacobs, an 18-year-old from Pasadena.
Suspect Fled Into the Woods Before Capture
Investigators said Jacobs ran from the house immediately after the firearm was discharged. As officers and a K-9 unit canvassed the area, they saw Jacobs run into a wooded area, the outlet's report notes, and police apprehended him with a 9mm Taurus handgun still in his possession.
Court records list Jacobs as facing eight offenses in connection with the shooting, including first-degree assault. The listed charges also include disorderly conduct, reckless endangerment, second-degree assault, and other firearm violations, per the same account.
Teen Held Without Bond, Hearing Set for Late November
Jacobs remains held without bond and is scheduled for a preliminary hearing on November 25. Maryland law, as laid out in the state's statute on firearm possession, holds that a person under 21 may not possess a regulated firearm, subject to an exception referenced in the statute text.
The case remains an active matter moving through the Anne Arundel County court system, and Jacobs was scheduled to appear for a bail hearing on Monday, November 2, before his preliminary hearing on November 25.
