Staff report
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Jack Robert Carter, 74, was arrested yesterday for allegedly threatening a family member with a gun; he also allegedly fired a warning shot into the air outside his home.
At about 12:30 p.m. on November 4, a Gainesville Police Department officer responded to a home in the Duval neighborhood, where Carter said the victim, a family member, walked into his bedroom holding two knives and threatened to kill him. He said that after threatening him, the victim left his bedroom and lay down on the couch; he said he left his bedroom with his gun and walked past the victim to go outside. He said that after the victim came to the open door, he discharged the firearm into the air; he said he did not see the victim holding any knives at that time…