An 18-year-old from Cottage Grove is facing felony charges after allegedly firing a gun at two people during a confrontation behind a strip mall near Hy-Vee.
Landon Robert Smith is charged with two counts of second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon, along with felony counts for possessing a firearm without a serial number and carrying a pistol without a permit. He is also charged with misdemeanor falsely reporting a crime.
Cottage Grove police responded just after 5:15 p.m. on July 26 after Smith called 911 and reported that someone had fired a gun at him near the Hy-Vee on East Point Douglas Road. Officers found him at Hearthside Park, where he said he had arranged to meet two other teens behind the Planet Fitness to sell them his dirt bike…