East Ridge News Online has found that an incident at the End Zone during the early morning hours of July 30 has led to the arrest of a man who allegedly fired shots during a disturbance.
Le’Vonte Dion Larry, 19, of a Palm St. Address in Jesup, Ga., has been charged with Aggravated Assault. Larry allegedly fired several rounds from a Glock 30 during an incident in the parking lot of the restaurant/bar.
East Ridge News Online had previously reported the arrest of Traevis Jerrick Graham, 20, of a North Market Street address. He had been charged with Aggravated Assault for allegedly threatening a bartender with a pistol during the same incident.
According to an affidavit of complaint, police were called to the bar just before 1:50 a.m. on a “shots fired” call. Police spoke with the bartender of the establishment who told them that a black male got into a fight with another man inside the bar. The bartender told police that he turned the lights on inside the bar and told everyone to leave.
The report states that the bartender then went out into the parking lot to make sure that nobody was hurt and the fighting had stopped. That was when the bartender heard two to three shots fired by a black male with dreadlocks and “weird” glasses that he identified as Larry. The report states that the bartender said that Larry fired a shot in the air then pointed the gun in his direction, firing a shot over his head. At one point, the bartender told officers that he looked down and there was a laser dot on his chest _ indicative of a laser sight from a gun being leveled directly at him.
Witnesses, the report states, told police that Larry left in in a tan, four-door car, possibly a Malibu or a Town Car.
The bartender told police that when the parties were inside the establishment and partying that they were yelling “GD,” in reference to a gang known as Gangster Disciples.
The report goes on to say that ERPD investigators were contacted later on the morning of July 30 by UTC Police who informed them that officers there had recovered a Glock 30 with a red laser sight from a man who was with Larry during the incident at the End Zone. The man, Anthony Etheridge, was able to successfully elude UTC police, the report states. UTC police said there was a round in the chamber along with five more in the magazine and that the firearm appeared to have been fired recently.
UTC police informed ERPD officers that later in the morning of July 30 they stopped Larry in a separate incident. The report states that Larry was driving a 2006 Grand Marquis that matched the description of the suspect vehicle from the End Zone shooting.
The report states that Larry and Anthony Etheridge are UTC athletes. An official with the UTC football team said that Larry has been suspended from the team. The official said that Etheridge, who was a basketball player trying out for football, has been dismissed from the team.
Larry is due to appear in East Ridge Municipal Court on Aug. 9.
