Saturday, March 14, 2009
Roseville man mistakenly shoots three neighbors, cops say
Santiago Esparza / The Detroit News
ROSEVILLE -- A 27-year-old man will be arraigned Monday after
a shotgun he was handling fired and wounded three people watching television in an adjacent apartment, Roseville police said.
The man, who was unfamiliar with firearms, is charged in an arrest warrant with three counts of careless discharge of a weapon causing injury and one count of careless discharge of a weapon causing damage, according to police. He was being held Saturday at the Macomb County Jail on $7,500 bond.
Investigators allege that he was handling a shotgun at 8 p.m. Friday in his apartment on the 30500 block of Sandhurst when the buckshot from the shotgun ripped through a wall and hit the three neighbors.
Two men were hit in the head and face and a woman in the upper portion of one of her legs, police said. The victims were transported to Mount Clemens General Hospital and were listed in temporary serious condition, according to the release.
The man was arrested without incident at his apartment and the shotgun was recovered, police said.
His arraignment will be at 1 p.m. Monday in 39 District Court in Roseville.
You can reach Santiago Esparza at (313) 222-2320 or
sesparza@detnews.com.
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