A Laurens man is accused of firing a gun inside a Greenville restaurant while he was highly intoxicated, according to Greenville police. Police were called about 1 a.m. Thursday to Carolina Ale House on Woodruff Road about a gun being discharged. When officers arrived, they said they found Richard Gillespie Ramey, 54, on the covered patio of the restaurant with a weapon inside his pants pocket.An incident report said Ramey was "highly intoxicated." Police said the gun was safely secured by officers. The incident report said as an officer was escorting Ramey from the porch he fell while going down two steps. Ramey's friend told officers that during an argument, Ramey pulled out his revolver and fired it once into the ceiling, the report said. It said there was a visible hole in the heat lamp and a small hole in the ceiling of the bar. An employee at the restaurant told officers when Ramey and his friend started becoming rowdy they were no longer served drinks, according to the report. The report said after the men ate, they were served the "allotted drinks approved."After the drinks, the employee said Ramey began to shout and argue, according to the report. The employee then told Ramey's friend she did not feel comfortable serving Ramey anymore and the friend said they would leave, the report said. At that time Ramey, pulled the gun and fired the shot into the air, the report said. Ramey is charged with use of firearm under influence and unlawful carrying of a firearm.

A Laurens man is accused of firing a gun inside a Greenville restaurant while he was highly intoxicated, according to Greenville police.

Police were called about 1 a.m. Thursday to Carolina Ale House on Woodruff Road about a gun being discharged.


When officers arrived, they said they found Richard Gillespie Ramey, 54, on the covered patio of the restaurant with a weapon inside his pants pocket.

An incident report said Ramey was "highly intoxicated."

Police said the gun was safely secured by officers.

The incident report said as an officer was escorting Ramey from the porch he fell while going down two steps.

Ramey's friend told officers that during an argument, Ramey pulled out his revolver and fired it once into the ceiling, the report said. It said there was a visible hole in the heat lamp and a small hole in the ceiling of the bar.

An employee at the restaurant told officers when Ramey and his friend started becoming rowdy they were no longer served drinks, according to the report.

The report said after the men ate, they were served the "allotted drinks approved."

After the drinks, the employee said Ramey began to shout and argue, according to the report.

The employee then told Ramey's friend she did not feel comfortable serving Ramey anymore and the friend said they would leave, the report said.

At that time Ramey, pulled the gun and fired the shot into the air, the report said.

Ramey is charged with use of firearm under influence and unlawful carrying of a firearm.