FOLEY, Ala. — A 45-year-old Foley man has been charged with two felony counts after he was arrested Friday night, July 18, for allegedly firing shots at another person in the Aaronville neighborhood.

Jackie Melvin Packer of 8th Avenue was initially charged with one count of shooting into an unoccupied vehicle when Foley police arrested him, but Police Chief David Wilson said on Monday that Foley Police Department and the Baldwin County District Attorney’s Office were looking at charging Packer with first-degree attempted assault as well.

On Tuesday, Packer was indeed charged with first-degree attempted assault and discharging a firearm into an unoccupied vehicle, both Class C felonies.

According to Wilson, FPD responded to a report of shots fired in Aaronville on Friday night. An investigation revealed a person did fire what Wilson said were “five or six shots with a handgun” at another person.

The shots missed the person but did strike some vehicles, Wilson said on Monday. He also said FPD recovered the handgun and “four or five” shell casings.

Packer, who had been drinking, is alleged to have made a comment to a woman on 6th Avenue that resulted in an exchange of words between Packer and the woman’s boyfriend. At that point, Packer is further alleged to have produced the handgun and opened fire.

The area on 6th Avenue where the incident occurred is an area where FPD is planning to place a Community Services Office that, among other things, would be responsible for setting up neighborhood and business watches and registering residents’ personal property in case of theft, Wilson said. The CSO would also host events for children and offer GED, job and driver’s license training.

Packer was booked into the Baldwin County Corrections Center at noon on July 19 and remained in jail without bond as of Tuesday morning.

A Class C felony in which a firearm or deadly weapon is used is punishable by not less than 10 years in prison.