A University of Georgia student was charged with aggravated assault after an argument between members of two fraternities early Saturday morning led to a gun being shot.
No one was injured.
Gregory John O’Brien, 21, of Fayetteville, was charged in connection with the incident, which occurred about 3:30 a.m., according to UGA Police Chief Jimmy Williamson.
Police said that after a verbal altercation between members of two fraternities, a male student brought out a gun, pointed it and shot it in the air.
The Athens Banner-Herald reported police said O'Brien is a member of Tau Kappa Epsilon and that the assault charges are for allegedly pointing a semiautomatic handgun at two members of Pi Kappa Alpha. A .45-caliber handgun was recovered in a police search of the Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity house.
O’Brien is charged in warrants with two counts of aggravated assault, possession of a firearm on school grounds and reckless conduct, the paper said.
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