His identity was not released at that time and charges are pending, according to the release. The man was hospitalized and was still receiving medical care as of Saturday evening, deputies said. While responding to this call - heading to Borasco Drive, Viera - deputies were given further information that a male matching the description of the passenger was at Viera Regional Park “threatening spectators with a gun.” Once at the park, deputies found that the man had been struck by a vehicle while running through the parking lot, the release states. The caller said that she was giving a male friend of hers a ride when the passenger reportedly “began acting paranoid and produced a firearm,” at which point the caller stopped the car and fled. from someone who claimed she heard a shot after running away from a car she had just been driving. In the release, the sheriff’s office said it received a report around 8 p.m. A news release issued Saturday further described deputies’ response, what allegedly began as a report of a handgun being fired. Preliminary information from the sheriff’s office referenced a “disturbance” ahead of what happened at the park. – Charges are pending against a man accused of threatening people with a gun at Viera Regional Park on Friday night, according to the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office.
