Enfield Man Faces Weapons Charges Following Air Gun Incident

An Enfield man was arrested on threatening and weapons charges following an incident with a town resident.

Shawn P. Schillinger, 20, of 16 Woodward Ave., was arrested shortly after 6 p.m. Wednesday following the incident. He was charged with first-degree threatening, illegal use of a facsimile firearm and second-degree breach of peace, according to police records.

His arrest came after police went to Cottage Green in the Thompsonville section of town to investigate a report that a man pulled out what was an air gun from his waistband and aimed it at another person who was sitting on his porch, according to The Courant.

The Courant report can be found here.

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