Suspect Charged After Firing Gun Inside Asheville Restaurant

Asheville -- October 17, 2024: The Asheville Police arrived at a restaurant in the 1900 block of Hendersonville Road at

around 8:09 p.m. on October 17th to investigate complaints of a male discharging a firearm within the establishment. 

Upon arrival, officers promptly acquired a description of the suspect and successfully located him concealed in a nearby subterranean culvert. He was apprehended without additional occurrences. During the inquiry, investigators successfully located the abandoned handgun utilized in the shooting,

Arrested:

Danny Ochoa

(F) Discharge Firearm Inside an Enclosure

(M) Discharge Firearm in City Limits

(M) Resisting Public Officer

(M) Injury to Real Property

(M) Carrying Concealed Gun

(M) Intoxicated and Disruptive

(M) Defrauding Innkeeper

Ochoa was booked into the Buncombe County Detention Facility under a $62,000 (or $6,200 to a bondsman) secured bond issued by a magistrate.

Editor's Note:* A criminal charge is an accusation, by law, a person accused of a crime is innocent until proven in a court of law.

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