A Kokomo man faces a felony charge of criminal recklessness after police said he fired a handgun in December into a convenience store, shattering a door but leaving the occupants uninjured.

Jonathan Capers

Howard County Sheriff’s Department deputies arrested Jonathan L. Capers, 27, on a warrant for criminal recklessness, a level 5 felony, carrying a handgun without a license, a level 5 felony, and unlawful possession of a handgun by a domestic batterer, a misdemeanor.

According to a probable cause affidavit, on Dec. 17, 2017, a clerk at a convenience store on East Markland Avenue reported several individuals entered the store in the early morning hours. There was then some sort of a commotion outside followed by a single gunshot.

The round shattered a glass door, and police found a spent 9mm shell casing just outside the business.

Surveillance footage would just a few days later shed more light on the incident.

Court documents state that a male wearing a jacket with the name “Gino Gambino” printed on the back entered the store – police later claimed that the man was Capers. He left the store and confronted another male outside, and a brief physical altercation ensued, according to court documents.

Capers is then seen approaching the vehicle he arrived in as a passenger. “The suspect is handed a gun from a male in the car,” state court documents. He then allegedly chased the male he fought into the store, firing one round after him, missing the other male and everyone else in the store, but hitting the glass door.

The suspect is then depicted on camera, police say, pointing the handgun into the store for a short time, before everyone flees the scene prior to police’s arrival.

Police claim that, based on the video footage, they were able to identify Capers as the man firing the handgun.

In January, a warrant was filed for his arrest. Court documents indicate the Howard County Prosecutor’s Office pushed for an increased bond, citing past convictions.

Capers was taken into custody Friday afternoon at the Howard County Sheriff’s Department. He’s being held without bond, due to additional active warrants for failure to appear in court, petition to revoke a suspended sentence and body attachment. On the criminal recklessness warrant, he has a bond of $25,000, with no 10 percent cash alternative allowed.