Pennsylvania Fired Into Neighbor's Home to Unload Gun

George Byrd IV

AP

Police in Pennsylvania say a man accused of shooting a bullet through a neighbor's window told a judge he fired the gun because it was the only way he knew how to unload it.

Middletown Detective Patrick Nicastro tells the Bucks County Courier Times (http://bit.ly/1CwbE81) that 31-year-old George Byrd IV of Penndel at first denied being behind the shooting but then acknowledged during his arraignment that he fired the weapon to clear the chamber because he was unfamiliar with guns.

Authorities say Byrd fired the gun early Friday afternoon in the suburban Philadelphia community. No one was injured.

Byrd is being held in the Bucks County jail on $20,000 bond. No attorney is listed on court papers.

A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Oct. 8.

North Carolina Man Arrested for Accidental Shooting

Desmond Hill


Local news reports


A Havelock man was arrested on Tuesday after what police described as an accidental shooting that sent one person to the hospital.

Police responded to a call of shots fired at a mobile home near Lejeune Boulevard. There, Desmond Hill, 21, of Glen Drive in Havelock, was charged by the Jacksonville Police Department with discharging a firearm within the city limits and resisting, delaying or obstructing a police officer. 

Capt. Patricia Driggers, a spokesperson for the Jacksonville Police Department, officers were called to the mobile home on Tuesday. Investigators believe the shooting was accidental, Driggers said, but added that the case is still under investigation.

The 6 ways to ensure that you get arrested for an accidental shooting:

1. do it in a residential area
2. lie to the police
3. hide evidence
4. have neck tattoos
5. have dred locks
6. be black or Hispanic

Poor Desmond didn't stand a chance.