NASSAU, BAHAMAS – A Royal Bahamas Defence Force marine has been charged with threatening to shoot a woman and her brother in a confrontation allegedly captured in a viral video.
21-year-old Austin Armbrister, of Pinewood Gardens, is accused of pointing a firearm at Alvinique Strachan outside the 316 Bar on Prince Charles Drive on November 9.
Video footage purportedly showing the confrontation has gone viral on social media.
Armbrister has since been suspended from duty.
He was not required to enter a plea to the charge of possession of a firearm with intent to put another in fear when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Ancella Evans.
He was granted $7,000 bail, and the matter was adjourned to March for the presentation of a voluntary bill of indictment.
