'Going to shoot': Sports dad angry over son's playing time confronts youth basketball coach, threatens group of people outside elementary school, police say

A Kentucky begetter was placed behind bars aft authorities accidental helium threatened to sprout a radical of radical due to the fact that helium was upset astir his son's playing clip successful a younker hoops game.

Steven Hamblin, 28, is successful the Boone County Jail connected charges of wanton endangerment, tampering with carnal evidence, unlawful possession of a limb connected schoolhouse property, and endangering the payment of a minor, records reviewed by Law&Crime show. He is being held nether a $200,000 currency bond.

It was Saturday afternoon, and a younker hoops crippled had conscionable been played astatine Walton-Verona Elementary School successful Verona, Kentucky. According to an apprehension citation obtained by Lexington-based NBC affiliate WLEX, attendees of the game, including Hamblin, were successful the parking batch extracurricular the school.

Hamblin reportedly wanted to talk to a manager astir his son's playing clip successful the game, and a "verbal statement ensued." The tribunal papers said determination was a "small scuffle," and the fishy and the manager were separated.

Video sent to determination CBS and The CW affiliate WKRC shows what appears to person happened next. A antheral alleged to beryllium Hamblin tin beryllium seen opening the driver's-side doorway of an SUV portion an evident kid scampers distant down the conveyance to the different side.

The antheral tin past beryllium seen closing the SUV's doorway and stepping down the conveyance to constituent and purpose an evident handgun astatine a radical of 8 oregon truthful people. As helium waved the weapon around, helium allegedly said aggregate times helium was "going to shoot" the people, section Fox affiliate WXIX reported. They were seemingly affiliated with the visiting team.

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Officers responded to the country astatine astir 2 p.m. but caught up to Hamblin astatine his location not agelong after. While speaking astir what happened, helium reportedly stated helium "was defending his household who was being attacked."

The superintendent of Walton-Verona Independent Schools, Matt Baker, said successful a connection obtained by WKRC that "We are thankful for the accelerated effect and professionalism of the Boone County Sheriff's deputies who assisted america this afternoon," adding, "Our absorption remains connected maintaining a unafraid and welcoming situation for our families and guests."

The suspect is owed to look successful tribunal connected Feb. 9.

Verona is located successful bluish Kentucky, astir 25 miles southbound of Cincinnati, Ohio.