Last week, Chattooga County deputies responded to a call in the area of Catawba Drive and Knollwood Circle about a man discharging a firearm. 

When deputies arrived on the scene, they spoke with witnesses who said that Ouljawan Sheriff Blair had been shooting guns in the yard “for no apparent reason”.  Deputies made contact with the man, who had gone inside before they arrived.  Blair was ordered to put the firearms down, and deputies said “at first he was hesitant to do so”.  Blair did come out of the house unarmed and was quickly cuffed by sheriff’s deputies.  Blair was showing signs of being under the influence of drugs or alcohol.

Deputies said, “The area where the incident occurred is in a residential neighborhood with houses all around. During the course of Mr. Blair’s actions, anyone could have been seriously injured due to the close proximity of neighboring homes”.

Blair was charged with reckless discharge of a gun while under the influence of alcohol or drugs and reckless conduct and was booked into the Chattooga County Jail.