A Pensacola man allegedly stole a handgun from inside a Toyota Camry parked in front of a home and proceeded to fire the weapon four times in the neighborhood, alarming residents.

Jason Carson, 34, was arrested Tuesday and charged with firing a weapon in public or on residential property, burglary, larceny and possession of a weapon by a convicted felon.

According to his arrest report, a man woke up around 2 p.m. May 29 to the sound of two gunshots outside his home on Edgemont Drive.

The man looked outside his window and a saw another man, later identified as Carson, walking away from his 2012 gray Toyota Camry while carrying a black Ruger .380 pistol that had been left inside the Camry, the report stated.

The man later told Escambia County Sheriff’s Office deputies that he ran to his bedroom to get dressed and follow the suspect, the report stated. Then he heard an additional two gunshots.

The man told investigators he believed that he had seen Carson in the area before riding a motorized bicycle, the report stated.

Another witness told deputies that he’d been walking his dog in the neighborhood on May 29 near Edgemont Drive when he also heard two gunshots, the report stated. The witnesses described running and hiding in nearby bushes to get away from the shots fired.

The witness watched as Carson approached the intersection of Edgemont and Edgecliff drives and fired the weapon two more times, the report stated. The witness said that after Carson fired off the two rounds, he tossed the gun into a wooded area.

Investigators later recovered the Ruger in the wooded area the witness described.

During a follow up investigation, the man with the Camry identified Carson out of a photo lineup. Investigators also learned that Carson had previously been convicted of felony aggravated assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill, the report stated.

An arrest warrant was written for Carson, and he was booked into the Escambia County Jail on Tuesday with a $28,500 bond. County records indicated that he remained in custody was of Wednesday morning.

Colin Warren-Hicks can be reached at colinwarrenhicks@pnj.com or 850-435-8680.