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SUMMER: AN ORMOND BEACH MAN IS ACCUSED OF ORDERING THREE TEENAGERS OUT OF A COMMUNITY POOL AREA AND ACTUALLY FIRING A GUN TO MAKE HIS POINT. STEWART: BUT AS WESH 2’S CLAIRE METZ EXPLAINS, POLICE SAY THE VICTIMS HAD EVERY RIGHT TO BE THERE. >> THERE WAS NO SIGNS OF VANDALISM NO SIGNS OF ANY CRIMINAL ACTIVITY, THE KIDS WERE JUST ENJOYING THE POOL AND THE POOL DECK. CLAIRE: THIS COMMUNITY POOL IN THE VILLAGE SUBDIVISION OFF NOVA ROAD IS FOR RESIDENTS AND POLICE SAY ONE OF THE TEEN VICTIMS WHO LIVES IN THE COMMUNITY HAD TWO FRIENDS WITH HIM, GUESTS, WHEN THEY WERE CONFRONTED BY RICHARD MARCELLE. POLICE SAY THOUGH THE TEENS WERE NOT AWARE, MARCELLE HAD A GUN IN HIS LEFT HAND. THEY SAY THESE SURVEILLANCE IMAGES SHOW MARCELLE HOLDING THE WEAPON WHILE ON THE POOL DECK. >> THE SUSPECT PULLED A HANDGUN OUT AND FIRED A ROUND INTO THE GROUND NEXT TO EVERYBODY. CLAIRE: MARCELLE WAS NOT HOME WHEN WE WENT TO HIM FOR A COMMENT BUT POLICE SAY MARCELLE IS A MEMBER OF THE HOA AND TOLD THE TEENS HE WAS ENFORCING POOL HOURS, THAT THE POOL AREA CLOSED AT SUNSET, BUT THE TEENS NOTICED THIS SIGN, WHICH IS STILL THERE, SHOWING THE POOL AREA CLOSES AT 10:00. IT WAS JUST 9:00 WHEN THE INCIDENT ALLEGEDLY HAPPENED. SO POLICE SAY THE TEENS TOLD MARCELLE THEY WERE STAYING. ACCORDING TO THE REPORT, HE SAID "NO YOU ARE NOT." AND THEN PULLED OUT A GUN AND FIRED A SINGLE SHOT INTO THE DIRT. TURNS OUT THE HOA DID CHANGE THE POOL AREA HOURS BUT HADN’T ALERTED HOMEOWNERS OR POSTED THOSE NEW HOURS. >> AS FAR AS ANY OF THE HOME OWNERS ASSOCIATION MEMBERS, RESIDENTS KNEW, THE POOL WAS STILL OPEN. CLAIRE: POLICE SAY THE TEENS WERE STUNNED, ONE ASKING "DID YOU REALLY JUST SHOOT A GUN?" HE ALLEGEDLY ANSWERED, "YES, I AM PUTTING MY OWN LIFE AT RISK." WE SPOKE WITH SOME OF MARCELLE’S NEIGHBORS WHO SAY HE DOES A LOT FOR THEM. >> HE’S NOT THE KIND OF PERSON TO HAVE A GUN AND HE’S NOT THE KIND OF PERSON WHO WOULD THREATEN CHILDREN. CLAIRE: POLICE SAY THE SURVEILLANCE IMAGES SUGGEST OTHERWISE. POLICE SAY AFTER THE SHOT WAS FIRED, THE TEENAGERS TOOK OFF, BUT NOT BEFORE ONE OF THE TEENS GOT A TAG NUMBER BECAUSE THE TEENAGERS SAY HE HAD DRIVEN TO THE POOL AND CLUB HOUSE. THAT’S HOW POLICE TRACED THE SUSPECT AND ALL 3 VICTIMS IDENTIFIED HIM IN A PHOTO LINE UP. HE HAS SINCE BONDED OUT OF JAIL ON $35,000

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