This happened in my neighborhood right next to us. Scared me to pieces, and traumatized my grandchildren. Man fired rifle into SUV during fight, police say By Hannah O. Brown Staff writer Published: Sunday, March 16, 2014 at 6:55 p.m. Last Modified: Sunday, March 16, 2014 at 6:55 p.m. A 23-year-old man was arrested Saturday night after a fight broke out between two other men, including a University of Florida football player, which ended with a man shooting a rifle into an SUV. John Mark Honeycutt, of 538 NW 36th St., was eating with three others, including UF wide receiver Andre Debose, at Honeycutts home Saturday evening when the altercation began, according to a Gainesville police report. Debose, 23, and Victor Watkins II, 24, got into an argument which resulted in Watkins pushing Debose into a window of the home, police said. The windows glass broke, but Debose was uninjured, police said. Honeycutt went to get a handgun from inside the residence, according to a report. According to one witness, Honeycutt said, “Watch this, Im about to scare him.” Honeycutt walked outside the home and threatened Watkins with the gun, then shot several rounds into the ground in the front yard of the house, police say. Debose told police that Watkins punched Honeycutt in the face, causing him to drop the gun. Watkins picked the gun up and fired several rounds downward into the yard, the report said. Honeycutt then got a rifle and fired several shots into Watkins SUV and into the front yard, the report said. Honeycutt later told police that his intention was to scare the victim so that he would leave the property. When officers arrived, they observed several bullet holes in the SUV parked in front of the house and shell casings in the road. All parties were transported to the Criminal Investigation Department where Gainesville Police Department investigators conducted interviews. Honeycutt was arrested for aggravated assault, and all other parties were released. Honeycutt was booked in the Alachua County Jail Saturday night with a $2,000 bond and was released at about 3 p.m. on Sunday. Man charged with firing rifle into SUV is son of GPD detective By Monivette Cordeiro Staff Writer Published: Monday, March 17, 2014 at 5:33 p.m. Last Modified: Monday, March 17, 2014 at 5:33 p.m. A man who was arrested Saturday after a fight involving University of Florida wide receiver Andre Debose is related to a Gainesville Police Department detective. John Mark Honeycutt, 23, of 538 NW 36th St., is the son of GPD Detective Martin Honeycutt, who has been with the department since 1996. The younger Honeycutt was arrested by GPD officers after they say he used his rifle to shoot several rounds into the SUV of the man who had pushed Debose into a window, a police report said. Honeycutt was eating with three other people, including Debose, 23, and Victor Watkins II, 24, police reported. Debose and Watkins began arguing, and police said Watkins pushed Debose into a window of the home, which broke the glass but did not injure Debose. Honeycutt and Watkins began fighting, and Honeycutt threatened to kill him, police said. Honeycutt then went to get a handgun from inside the house and told a witness, Watch this, Im about to scare him, the report said. Police said Honeycutt walked outside the home and threatened Watkins with the gun. Watkins grabbed the gun and fired several rounds into the ground outside, police said. Honeycutt then retrieved a rifle and fired several rounds into Watkins SUV and into the ground in front of the house, the report said. Police said that after an extensive investigation, detectives arrested Honeycutt on a felony charge of aggravated assault. Honeycutt was released Sunday from the Alachua County jail after posting a $2,000 bond. The guns used by Honeycutt do not belong to his father, nor was his father in the house at the time, GPD spokesman Officer Ben Tobias said Monday. Tobias added that the department has nothing to do with bond amounts set by judges. Office of the State Attorney spokesman Darry Lloyd said the prosecutor on the case did not know Honeycutt was the son of a GPD detective. When asked about the bond amount, Lloyd said that is set by the judge and can vary depending on the judge and on the history of the person charged.
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