Neighbors say SWAT team members in full protective gear shocked them late Saturday afternoon, as a DNR warden had to chase down a man firing a handgun.
“One of our conservation wardens was patrolling at the end of Silvermine Drive, which is state owned wildlife area,” says Head DNR Warden Bill Schwengel. “He noticed there were shots being fired near a van.
Wardens say they pursued the man because he was acting suspicious, not just because he fired a gun.
“People can hunt down there and discharge firearms, it's just that the circumstances surrounding the event were such that the warden wanted to investigate,” says Schwengel.