Atascadero police arrest man who is suspected of pointing gun at a jogger
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The Atascadero Police Department arrested an Atascadero man Saturday after he allegedly threatened a jogger with a gun.
About 7:55 a.m., Marshall Athan Badgett, 40, stood outside his residence in the 7300 block of San Marcos Road and screamed that he had a gun, according to a news release.
A jogger passed by and Badgett pointed the firearm at them, police said. The jogger was able to flee unharmed.
Soon after police officers said they heard a gunshot from Badgett’s property.
The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office and a California Highway Patrol air unit offered assistance, according to police, as officers arrested the suspect and recovered a firearm that he had dropped.
Badgett was booked at San Luis Obispo County jail on counts of assault with a deadly weapon, shooting at an inhabited dwelling and criminal threats, according to the news release.
He was being held at the jail Saturday in lieu of $50,000 bail, jail records stated.
No one was injured, police said.
This story was originally published November 13, 2021 at 1:18 PM.
