By Liz Shepherd
InkFreeNews

Ty Rell Anthony Cook

WARSAW — A Leesburg teenager was recently arrested after allegedly threatening four people while in possession of a firearm.

Ty Rell Anthony Cook, 19, 20 EMS B4 Lane, Leesburg, is charged with intimidation with a deadly weapon, a level 5 felony.

On Jan. 9, a Warsaw Police officer went to Meijer regarding a report of a man with a firearm threatening people. The officer spoke with a store manager, who said four individuals approached him and said there was an altercation in Meijer between them and Cook.

According to court documents, Cook started yelling at the group and two of the individuals noticed Cook had a handgun on his person. Cook allegedly reached into his pocket and began to pull out the handgun while threatening the group. He then eventually left the store.

Officers later found and detained Cook at a local gas station. Cook said he confronted two of the individuals at Meijer but did not put his hands on them. He told officers he wanted to fight the two people but chose not to.

When asked if he had a firearm during the incident, Cook said if he did have a gun, it wasn’t a real firearm but only a CO2 gun. He denied having the firearm while he was in Meijer and said it was in his vehicle.

Officers applied for a search warrant and found a CO2 BB gun in Cook’s vehicle.

Cook was booked in the Kosciusko County Jail on Jan. 9, with a $10,250 surety and cash bond.