(SHELBY) – TWO FUGITIVES FROM CALIFORNIA ARE IN CUSTODY IN SHELBY

AFTER CAUSING A DISTURBANCE IN DOWNTOWN SHELBY AND ALLEGEDLY FIRING

A SHOT WITH A HAND GUN AT AN INDIVIDUAL LAST NIGHT.

                THERE WERE NO INJURIES AS A RESULT OF THE INCIDENT WHICH THE TOOLE

COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT SAYS STARTED WHEN A CONCERNED CITIZEN REPORTED

THAT A WANTED FUGITIVE WAS IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA, “WAS ANGRY, UPSET AND

THREATENING PEOPLE IN AND AROUND THE SHELBY MAIN STREET BARS.:

                INFORMATION LATER CAME IN BEFORE THE MAN HAD BEEN LOCATED THAT

HE HAD “FIRED A GUN AT AN INDIVIDUAL.”

                THE SUBJECT WAS LATER TRACKED TO A RESIDENCE ON SHELBY’S NORTHEAST

SIDE.   OFFICERS EVACUATED SEVERAL ADJOINING RESIDENCES AND BY ABOUT 1:45 AM

THE SUSPECT WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY WITHOUT INCIDENT.

                THE MAN IN CUSTODY HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS 36-YEAR OLD NICHOLAS WILLIAM

NORTON, CHARGED WITH PROBATION VIOLATION OUT OF CALIFORNIA, A CONVICT IN

POSESSION OF A FIREARM AND OBSTRUCTING A POLICE OFFICER.

                ALSO ARRESTED WAS 43-YEAR OLD ECHO CHERIE BROWN-NORTON ON CHARGES

OF OBSTRUCTING JUSTICE AND POSESSION OF A FIREARM BY A CONVICTED PERSON.

                TOOLE COUNTY SHERIFF DONNA WHITT SAYS THE MATTER INVOLVING THE

DISCHARGE OF A FIREARM IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION.

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