PORTLAND, Ore. ( KOIN ) — A member of Camas City Council was arrested Friday after he allegedly threw a rock at a fisherman and threatened him with a handgun back in August.
The original incident happened on Aug. 31 when Camas police say officers responded to a reported disturbance with a firearm near the Washougal River Greenway.
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Police say the incident originally began as a verbal argument between a fisherman and another man – later identified as 66-year-old John Svilarich – walking over the pedestrian footbridge.
The argument escalated to the point where Svilarich then threw an 8-inch rock from the bridge at the fisherman below, authorities say.
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The argument continued along a nearby walking path when Svilarich allegedly aimed a handgun at the fisherman.
After a follow-up investigation by Camas police, Svilarich was arrested Friday on charges of reckless endangerment and aiming/discharging a firearm, but was later released.