A 24-year-old Fort Collins man allegedly had 10 weapons in his vehicle when he was arrested earlier this week on suspicion of recklessly shooting firearms from his vehicle, the Weld County Sheriff’s Office said.

Jeremy Douglas Combs was arrested Monday night and booked into the Weld County Jail on suspicion of one count of possession of a dangerous weapon, a felony, and misdemeanor charges of reckless endangerment, unlawfully carrying a concealed weapon and prohibited use of a weapon.

He was released Tuesday on a $2,000 bond, according to court records and the Weld County Sheriff’s Office. His next court date is set for May 14.

A sheriff’s deputy responded about 9:45 p.m. Monday to a report of shots fired in the 23100 block of Weld County Road 7, east of Longmont and just west of Interstate 25 near St. Vrain State Park, according to a news release. A witness described the type of vehicle the shots had been fired from, “a white or silver sedan as it drove south” on the county road. The vehicle was believed to be made by a foreign manufacturer and had a modified exhaust system.

The deputy found seven spent 5.56-caliber shell casings and one spent 9mm casing in the southbound lane of the road and on the shoulder about 100 yards from the caller’s house, the sheriff’s office said.

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The deputy decided to remain in the area and see if the suspected vehicle returned. Shortly before 11 p.m., a silver Lexus sedan with a modified exhaust system passed the deputy while driving northbound on Weld County Road 7. When the vehicle failed to come to a complete stop at the intersection with Colorado Highway 66, the deputy initiated a traffic stop, the sheriff’s office said.

A second deputy responded to the scene and said “he could see an AR-15 style rifle in plain sight on the rear passenger floorboard, as well as a (ammunition) magazine on the rear seat.”

The deputies ordered Combs and two passengers out of the vehicle and said Combs admitted firing his guns in the air while driving near Weld County roads 7 and 28.

Deputies found a handgun concealed in the pocket of Combs’ hooded sweatshirt, the rifle in the back seat and eight more firearms in the trunk, including a revolver, four handguns and three rifles. Combs did not have the required certification to possess one of the guns deputies found, according to the Weld County Sheriff's Office.

Combs told deputies he owned all of the guns and was the only one who fired them. He was arrested. His two passengers were cited with reckless endangerment, a misdemeanor charge, and driven to a nearby gas station, where they were released and waited for a ride.

The Weld County Sheriff’s Office received similar reports of weapons being fired from a moving car on April 2 and April 5 in the area of Weld County Road 1 and Colorado Highway 66. One 9mm shell casing was recovered during their investigation into those incidents, and detectives are now looking into whether Combs is connected to those earlier reports, the news release said.

Anyone with information regarding the three shooting reports is asked to call the Weld County Sheriff’s Office at 970-356-4015 or Northern Colorado Crime Stoppers at 800-222-8477.

The criminal charges referenced in this story are solely accusations by law enforcement officers. Suspects are presumed innocent until proven guilty in court.

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