Police: Man fired shots at 'repo' men Police arrested a man Friday morning after they say he fired gun shots at two people re-possessing his car. Share Shares Copy Link Copy

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WEBVTT NEW AT NOON. LONNIE ASHFORD WAS ARRESTED THIS MORNING AFTER POLICE SAY HE FIRED GUN SHOTS AT TWO PEOPLE RE-POSSESSING HIS CAR. NEWS 8 LANCASTER COUNTY REPORTER KATELYN SMITH IS HERE WITH MORE.Northern Lancaster County regional police cover a large area, but overnight they happened to be in the right place at the right time. The officers heard the shots fired, and say this man 41-year-old Lonnie Ashford of Penn township was the one who pulled the trigger. They say just after one this morning two contractors were repossessing Ashford's vehicle ON SUTH MAIN STREET IN MANHEIM, when he came out and fired three shots of them. The contractors were scared and took off in the tow truck with his car attached.Please say Ashford chased after them on his motorcycle. Please eventually caught up with him and arrested him.<"it underlines the difficulties people have with civil repossessions, and secondly it's troubling that the individual would pursue them after they departed the scene.">Police say no one was hurt and Ashford gave them the hand gun.They also say Ashford had plenty of notices that his car was going to be repossessed. He was arraigned and is now free until at least his next court appearance. 3 3 3

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