Airsoft Incident at Crestview Bus Stop Ends with Aggravated Assault Arrest

A Crestview man was arrested on a charge of aggravated assault with a firearm and child abuse Wednesday after pointing what turned out to be a very realistic looking airsoft gun at two Antioch Elementary school children. A call for an armed disturbance came in around 4 p.m. January 14th from a bus driver who was dropping off students at a stop on Jenkins Road and Regan Drive. The driver said a man drove up and pointed a gun at an 8 year old girl and 9 year old boy who had just gotten off the bus. The girl said she heard two “pop” noises and believed the man was shooting at her so she ran back to the bus. She told deputies she was scared and could not stop shaking. The 9 year old boy also said he heard what he thought were guns shots as he was running away. He was located safe at his home. The bus driver said the man picked up two other students and drove away. Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office deputies tracked the individual to the front porch of a home on Jenkins Drive where they found him in possession of a Ruger P345 “Airsoft” gun. 30-year old Adolfo Roura III of 4285 Jenkins Road denied pointing the gun at the children and said he was shooting at cans in the wood line. Deputies say they did not observe any cans inside the wood line in that location. Roura is now charged with aggravated assault and child abuse.