MPD: Teenager throws disc golf into yard, owner responds with gunshot

Midland police and SWAT units respond Tuesday to an armed man in his home after he fired shots at neighbors near the intersection of Dengar and I Street. Tim Fischer\Reporter-Telegram Midland police and SWAT units respond Tuesday to an armed man in his home after he fired shots at neighbors near the intersection of Dengar and I Street. Tim Fischer\Reporter-Telegram Photo: Tim Fischer Photo: Tim Fischer Image 1 of / 5 Caption Close MPD: Teenager throws disc golf into yard, owner responds with gunshot 1 / 5 Back to Gallery

A 53-year-old Midland man was arrested Tuesday morning after a standoff stemming from a confrontation with a disc golf player, according to the city’s spokeswoman.

Buddy Myers is facing a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after he pulled out a gun and fired a shot at a 19-year-old who had thrown a disc golf into Myers’ backyard, according to spokeswoman Sara Higgins.

The investigation revealed that the teen had inadvertently thrown a disc into Myers’ backyard while playing at Windlands Park. He went to the house, but no one answered the front door. When the disc golf player peered over the back fence, Myers exited his house and backyard and shot a pistol in the direction of the teen, who was in his back alley, Higgins said.

MPD responded at about 10 a.m. in the 2900 block of North “I” Street, where they found Myers barricaded inside a house.

An elderly female was in the house at the time of the standoff. Both Myers and the woman came out of the house within an hour of the first police call, Higgins said.

She said no one was injured in the incident.