Police on Tuesday identified three men accused of firing a handgun at a saguaro cactus near Piestewa Peak with a 1-year-old child nearby Monday evening.

The men were identified as Forte Nicholas, 29, Kyonnie Hodge, 38, and Aaron Bradford, 23, Phoenix police said.

Police responded to reports of shots fired near Piestewa Peak, located in a park north of 24th Street and Lincoln Drive, just after 6 p.m. and determined the men were firing at a saguaro cactus, Phoenix police spokesman Sgt. Armando Carbajal said.

Nicholas had his 1-year-old son with him in a seat carrier, Carbajal said.

Officers arrested the men and found the handgun in the child's seat carrier underneath the child, Carbajal said.

Carbajal said the men were booked on charges including endangerment and misconduct involving weapons.

One of the men is also facing a drug possession charge, Carbajal said.

An investigation is ongoing.

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