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Alleged burglar arrested after being shot by resident
By Amanda Iacone
The Journal Gazette
A resident shot and injured one of two alleged burglars who tried to break into his Selkirk Drive home Thursday morning, police said.
Jason D. Davis, 18, of the 1800 block of Embassy Drive, and another alleged would-be burglar tried to enter 7123 Selkirk Drive at 12:13 a.m. Thursday. The resident fired a gun and Davis suffered a minor injury to his face, a police report said.
It was unclear what type of gun the resident used.
Davis was treated at a hospital and then taken to the Allen County Lockup on a charge of attempted burglary, the report said.
Police spent the day Thursday tracking down the second suspect. No other arrests were made.
Woman shot after boy finds gun, thinks it is toy
A woman was accidentally shot Sunday after a boy fired a handgun inside a Hurshtown Road home believing the gun was a toy, police said.
The woman, whose name police did not release, was standing at the stove making popcorn inside 17908 Hurshtown Road when she was shot near her waist about 2 p.m. Sunday, an Allen County Sheriff’s Department police report said.
The boy who shot her told police that he went into a bedroom to get a toy from a box and found the gun lying on top of the box. The boy and another witness both thought the gun was a toy and the boy pulled the trigger, the report said.
The bullet went through the wall, through a stairway, and through a pantry and its door before striking the woman from behind and exiting through her opposite side, hitting the pan of popcorn. The bullet then hit the wall and fell to the floor, the report said.
The woman was taken to a hospital in fair condition and no vital organs were damaged, the report said.
One of the home’s two residents told police that he uses the .357 Magnum gun to slaughter pigs and that it was in the closet loaded, the report said.
http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/journalgazette/news/local/police/13951309.htm
By Amanda Iacone
The Journal Gazette
A resident shot and injured one of two alleged burglars who tried to break into his Selkirk Drive home Thursday morning, police said.
Jason D. Davis, 18, of the 1800 block of Embassy Drive, and another alleged would-be burglar tried to enter 7123 Selkirk Drive at 12:13 a.m. Thursday. The resident fired a gun and Davis suffered a minor injury to his face, a police report said.
It was unclear what type of gun the resident used.
Davis was treated at a hospital and then taken to the Allen County Lockup on a charge of attempted burglary, the report said.
Police spent the day Thursday tracking down the second suspect. No other arrests were made.
Woman shot after boy finds gun, thinks it is toy
A woman was accidentally shot Sunday after a boy fired a handgun inside a Hurshtown Road home believing the gun was a toy, police said.
The woman, whose name police did not release, was standing at the stove making popcorn inside 17908 Hurshtown Road when she was shot near her waist about 2 p.m. Sunday, an Allen County Sheriff’s Department police report said.
The boy who shot her told police that he went into a bedroom to get a toy from a box and found the gun lying on top of the box. The boy and another witness both thought the gun was a toy and the boy pulled the trigger, the report said.
The bullet went through the wall, through a stairway, and through a pantry and its door before striking the woman from behind and exiting through her opposite side, hitting the pan of popcorn. The bullet then hit the wall and fell to the floor, the report said.
The woman was taken to a hospital in fair condition and no vital organs were damaged, the report said.
One of the home’s two residents told police that he uses the .357 Magnum gun to slaughter pigs and that it was in the closet loaded, the report said.
http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/journalgazette/news/local/police/13951309.htm
