A 46-year-old Marmora and Lake man is facing attempted murder and other charges after allegedly firing shots at a home in Marmora and Lake Township in Hastings County on Wednesday afternoon (August 27).
Just after 1 p.m., a person called police reporting that shots had been fired at the home on High Shore Road near Highway 7, just west of Marmora.
After officers with the Central Hastings Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), OPP Emergency Response Team, and the Canine Unit arrived on the scene, they located a suspect less than an hour later and arrested him without incident. Police say there were no serious injuries as a result of the shooting incident.
After an investigation that included members of the Central Hastings OPP Crime Unit and Forensic Identification Services, police charged 46-year-old Jason Fluke of Marmora and Lake with attempted murder along with 12 other charges.
The other charges are discharge of a firearm with intent, careless use of a firearm, pointing a firearm, using a firearm while committing an offence, possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose, unauthorized possession of a firearm, careless storage of a firearm, uttering threats to cause death or bodily harm, forcible entry, break and enter, theft under $5,000, and mischief by destroying or damaging property.
The accused man is being held in police custody with a bail hearing scheduled before the Ontario Court of Justice in Belleville on Thursday.
