CENTRAL CITY — A 23-year-old Centralia man was arrested on weapons charges early Friday morning after being brought to the ground by a Taser fired by a Centralia police officer.

Asante C. Poore was taken in to custody on charges of alleged unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon and armed violence. He was taken to the Marion County Jail where he remains awaiting the formal filing of charges and the setting of bail.

Central City officers responded around 4:20 Friday morning to a load noise complaint at an apartment on South Broadway. Upon their arrival officers found an intoxicated male and his girlfriend having a verbal domestic disturbance.

The male was gathering his belongings and told the officer his mother was picking him up. The officer and Poore each left. Just after 5:30 a.m., Central City officers received another call, this time a report of a male subject pointing a loaded gun at people.

When the officer arrived back on South Broadway, witnesses advised him that Poore had pointed a loaded gun, cocked the gun, and pushed his girlfriend to the ground before leaving the scene eastbound toward Lion’s Park.

Officers in the area were alerted of an armed subject and given a description of Poore. A Centralia police officer ultimately located Poore in the 300 block of North Elm and Poore reportedly took off running. The officer reportedly deployed his Taser, which brought Poore to the ground and he was taken in to custody.

A search of Poore reportedly revealed a Glock handgun that was fully loaded, cocked, and with a live round in the chamber.

When officers returned to the scene, the victim was reportedly uncooperative, but witnesses confirmed that Poore pushed the woman to the ground, pointed a gun, and cocked the gun before leaving the scene.

Poore is currently on parole from the Illinois Department of Corrections after serving less than seven months on a five –year sentence for a 2016 conviction for residential burglary.