A Ruston man was arrested Friday afternoon after a fight with a relative left the individual injured and involved a handgun.
Christopher Honaker, 44, of Ruston, was arrested at 4:35 p.m. Nov. 6 by the Lincoln Parish Sheriff’s Office.
According to an arrest affidavit, a deputy was dispatched at about 3:45 p.m. to a domestic disturbance. While the deputy was on the way, dispatch said Honaker had pointed an unloaded gun at a relative and pulled the trigger.
Honaker told the deputy he had just gotten out of the shower and was in the bathroom when the relative began arguing with him and refused to move out of his way. Honaker said he shoved the relative, whose back hit a pool table. The relative then grabbed a pool stick and hit Honaker once in the side of the chest, breaking the stick. Honaker said he took the stick away and hit the relative three times, in the stomach, the side of the stomach and the back.
Honaker said he then retreated to the couch in the same room and pulled a 9 mm handgun from under a cushion. He said he threatened to shoot the windows out. He told the deputy he had a few shots of vodka. He had one welt on the side of his chest.
The relative gave the same account until the handgun. The relative said Honaker grabbed the gun, ran to the other side of the pool table, unloaded it and pointed it at him, then pulled the trigger. The relative said he heard the gun click.
The relative had three welts from the pool stick, on his stomach, back and side, and a bleeding cut on his left hand near the thumb. He said he felt dizzy and lightheaded and was taken by ambulance for treatment.
Honaker was handcuffed and taken to Lincoln Parish Detention Center. He was booked on charges of domestic abuse battery with a dangerous weapon and domestic abuse aggravated assault.
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