MORGANTON, N.C. (WHKY) – Officers with the Morganton Department of Public Safety responded to the area of 428 North Green Street on August 27 in connection with a reported firearm threat.

According to the reporting party, a man driving a white sport utility vehicle allegedly displayed a firearm in a threatening manner while the caller was at a child’s bus stop.

Following an investigation, officers identified the driver as Shatney Jones and obtained a warrant charging him with assault by pointing a gun.

Jones later turned himself in at the Magistrate’s Office. He was given a $10,000 secured bond and is scheduled to appear in Burke County court on September 17.