Man Fires Gun, Threatens To Kill Repo Man In Bartow County

WHITE, GA -- A Bartow County man has been charged with firing a gun and threatening to kill a man who came to the area to repossess a vehicle. A deputy with the Bartow County Sheriff's Office was dispatched to a call of shots fired at a home on Pine Ridge Road in White.

The deputy arrived and met with the complainant, who said he was at the address to repossess a car. When he got out of his truck, "he heard a shot over his right shoulder and a man yelling," an incident report released by the sheriff's office states.

The male said he turned around and saw a resident, later identified as Donald Raymond Liotta, on the balcony of a home next door with a long gun. He went to explain to Liotta, 52, why he was there and that "he was only doing his job," the report adds.

"He said when he got to the house Donald told him that if he didn't get off of his property that he was going to shoot and kill him," the report states (SIGN UP: Get Patch's Daily Newsletter and Real Time News Alerts. Or, if you have an iPhone, download the free Patch app).

According to the report, Liotta admitted to firing the weapon as well as threatening the repo man.

"He said he didn't shoot in the direction of him, but did fire it into the woods to scare him," the deputy wrote.

Liotta was arrested and booked into the Bartow County Jail at 11 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 3 on one count of felony terroristic threats. He was released the following morning on a $2,500 bond.

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