Man Arrested after Shooting Gun in House with 11-Year-Old Present

By: 10/11 News Email

Updated: Thu 1:14 PM, Jul 05, 2012

The Saline County Sheriff's arrested a father after he shot a gun in the house while his 11-year-old daughter and her mother were hiding from him.

The Saline County Sheriff's Office responded to 508 Elm Street in Tobias, Nebraska just after 8 p.m. Wednesday.

An 11-year-old reported her father was drunk and shooting a gun in the house, attempting to get to her mother and her.

Officials say the child and her mother had barricaded themselves in the upper level of the residence to protect them from Garcia.

Saline County Sheriff deputies along with assistance from the Fillmore County Sheriff, Jefferson County Sheriff, Wilber PD, Friend PD, and the Nebraska State Patrol established a perimeter.

The 11-year-old communicated to officers through phone calls telling them what was happening within the house.

Just after 10 p.m. police arrested 51-year-old Salvador Renderos Garcia and retrieved the mother and her child from their hiding spot.
No shots were fired by officers.

Garcia was arrested for Terroristic Threats, Use of a Weapon to Commit a Felony, Domestic Disturbance with a Fire Arm, Discharge a Firearm in an Occupied Building, Child Abuse, and Disturbing the Peace.

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