(La Porte, IN) - A man is facing allegations in connection with a dispute at a bar in La Porte that involved the pointing of a firearm.

 

George Sherwood, 47, is charged in La Porte Circuit Court with multiple counts including Level 6 felony pointing a loaded firearm and Class A misdemeanor operating while intoxicated.

 

According to the charging information, officers early on November 1 were called to Shooter’s Bar & Grill in the 200 block of Washington St.

 

Sherwood left at the request of a bartender for harassing female patrons and was in a vehicle backing up when he struck another vehicle in the parking lot, police said.

 

Police said the female bartender tried breaking up an altercation between Sherwood and another man when Sherwood pointed a loaded handgun at the forehead of the server.

 

Sherwood is also accused of threatening another woman with a gun, which he kept in a holster beside his waist, after she informed him he needed to exchange insurance information with the owner of the vehicle he struck.

 

Police said Sherwood of Portage fled but was soon taken into custody by an officer who spotted him outside a convenience store.

 

His alleged blood alcohol level was .216-percent.