KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Austin Ford, 27, is facing multiple charges following an incident that led to shots being fired around 2:10 a.m. Sunday morning in West Knoxville, according to the Knoxville Police Department.

Ford has been charged with three counts of aggravated assault, two counts of reckless endangerment and one count of disorderly conduct, according to KPD.

According to a police report, Ford brandished a rifle, followed a man and a woman in a blue Dodge Charger, then shot at them. Police say this happened after multiple verbal and physical fights between a group of people in the parking lot at Bucket Head Tavern on Ray Mears Boulevard.

Ford and a woman were in a white truck, circling the man's Dodge Charger, according to the report. The woman in the Charger said she and her boyfri

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