Rochester teen accused of firearm threats
(ABC 6 News) – A Rochester teenager faces recommended firearm and threat charges after an incident Tuesday night.
According to Rochester police, officers responded to the 1700 block of 9th Street NE around 7 p.m. June 11, where a man said a driver had “pulled a gun on him.”
The man told police he saw a vehicle he believed was speeding, and threw a stick at it to get the driver’s attention.
According to police, the man said the driver got out of the car with a gun and the two “exchanged words.”
Court documents allege that there was a second man present, who threw a hat at the car.
Later, police located the suspect vehicle at Silver Lake Park and the driver, 18-year-old Sakariye Ali, allegedly admitted to stopping the car and talking to the man with a BB gun pistol in hand.
Police located a BB gun pistol, which appeared like a real handgun, inside the car.
Ali was officially charged with terroristic threats–cause or attempt to cause terror, as well as carrying a BB gun or assault weapon in a public place.