CRESTVIEW — The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office charged a Crestview man with aggravated assault and child abuse.
Deputies arrested Adolfo Roura III, 30, on Wednesday on a charge of aggravated assault with a firearm and child abuse.
Witnesses said he pointed what turned out to be a realistic-looking Airsoft gun at two Antioch Elementary school children.
A call for an armed disturbance came in around 4 p.m. Wednesday from a bus driver who was dropping off students at a stop on Jenkins Road and Regan Drive.
The driver said a man drove up and pointed a gun at an 8-year-old girl and 9-year-old boy who had just gotten off the bus.
The girl said she heard two “pop” noises and believed the man was shooting at her so she ran back to the bus. She told deputies she was scared and could not stop shaking.
The 9-year-old boy also said he heard what he thought were gun shots as he was running away. He was located, safe, at his home.
The bus driver said the man picked up two other students and drove away.
Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office deputies tracked the individual to the front porch of a home on Jenkins Drive, where they found him in possession of a Ruger P345 Airsoft gun.
Roura denied pointing the gun at the children and said he was shooting at cans in the wood line, according to an arrest report.
Deputies say they did not observe any cans inside the wood line in that location.
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