A 47-year-old man is facing several charges for allegedly shooting his own vehicle and threatening to burn a home in Shag Harbour, N.S., on Halloween. Police responded to a firearms complaint at a Homestead Lane home around 1 p.m. They learned a man had discharged a firearm and struck his unoccupied vehicle outside the residence, according to an RCMP news release. Officers spotted a fire in the home when they arrived at the scene. Fire crews extinguished the blaze and police determined no one was in the home. “Through the investigation, officers learned that following an argument with a woman known to him, the man had fired a shot at his vehicle and threatened to burn the home,” the release reads. “The woman was able to leave the home safely and was not physically injured.” Police arrested Wade Douglas Penney around 3:10 p.m. On Sunday, officers executed a search warrant at the residence and seized 11 firearms and a large amount of ammunition. Penney was charged with: Penney was remanded into custody and is scheduled to appear in court on Nov. 10. Anyone with information on the incident is asked to call police at 902-875-2490, or anonymously contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477. For more Nova Scotia news, visit our dedicated provincial page
