A Cambridge man is facing weapons-related charges after allegedly brandishing a firearm outside a Madison Avenue home while looking for a man that he allegedly threatened to shoot during a conversation with the intended victim’s girlfriend earlier in the day Sunday.



The 26-year-old suspect is charged with single counts of carrying a concealed weapon, improperly handling a firearm in a motor vehicle and inducing panic.



The suspect also allegedly threatened to shoot his ex-girlfriend in a similar manner because of her contact with the other man. The suspect remained incarcerated in the Guernsey County Jail as of press time Monday.



He is scheduled to appear in Cambridge Municipal Court to answer to the first-degree misdemeanor charges.



According to Cambridge police reports, officers were dispatched to the 600 block of Madison Avenue at 7:52 p.m. after a caller reported a man armed with a gun was sitting in a vehicle outside the residence.



When police arrived, they found the suspect in a car with his ex-girlfriend and an unidentified male. All three occupants were removed from the vehicle at gunpoint before being secured in handcuffs while officers completed their investigation.



A search of the vehicle revealed a handgun in the center console and a large knife tucked between the driver’s seat and center console. A live round was also found near the emergency brake in the console and a loaded 9 mm magazine was found on the passenger floor where the suspect’s ex-girlfriend was seated.



The gun, magazine, live rounds and knife were seized as evidence.



During the investigation, officers said they were advised by a female resident that she went outside to investigate why someone was screaming and the suspect, upon seeing her, rolled down his window and asked her, "where the (expletive deleted) is he?"



The resident told police the suspect was referring to a man with whom she is having a baby. She said the man had sex with her sister, who is the suspect’s ex-girlfriend.



The suspect allegedly ordered her to "get him here now!"



She alleged the suspect held a gun in the air and racked the slide at the same time he made the demands causing her to call the intended victim, who reportedly called 911 from a Southgate Parkway business.



Police reportedly learned the suspect was talking to the female resident via social media during the day Sunday when he told her there was going to be a murder-suicide.



Officers inquired why the resident didn’t report the incident when it happened, and she said the male had made similar threats in the past but never took any action regarding the threats. She said she didn’t believe he would follow through at that time.



The suspect’s ex-girlfriend reportedly told officers the suspect had the gun loaded in the vehicle and was screaming for the intended victim to come out of the residence because he believed he was inside.



Officers said the female told them the suspect unloaded the gun upon seeing approaching police cruisers. Police said she told them he threw the magazine on the floor by her feet after seeing officers.



The ex-girlfriend said the suspect never pointed the gun at anybody, but he did point it into the air outside the vehicle.



The unidentified male occupant in the vehicle denied knowing the suspect had a firearm until he saw it in the console. He told officers multiple times that the suspect didn’t "pull the gun out."



Officer said the suspect advised them he didn’t know what happened with the gun, nor did he know why officers were at the scene. He claimed he and his girlfriend were just yelling back and forth at each other, and she was trying to explain what happened with the other male.



The ex-girlfriend and male occupant were released at the scene while the suspect was transported to the county jail.



The incident remained under investigation by Cambridge police.