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Sep 16, 2008 8:47 pm US/Eastern

Man Charged With Attempted Murder

FREDERICK, Md. (AP) ― Frederick County Sheriff's deputies have charged a Mount Airy man with attempted second-degree murder after he fired shots into the ground and pointed the gun at another man. 

Peter Thomas Eaton Jr., 45, is being held in lieu of $350,000 bail after his arrest on Sunday.

Deputies say a man went to Eaton's house after Eaton backed into the man's vehicle. Authorities say Eaton took out a gun, fired several shots into the ground and pointed the weapon at the man.

Eaton's attorney says his client did fire shots into the ground, but wasn't trying to murder anyone.

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