Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: Discharged firearms in the news: Fri 27 July - Thur 2 Aug 2012 [View all]struggle4progress
(117,949 posts)Posted: Thursday, August 2, 2012 4:17 pm | Updated: 4:19 pm, Thu Aug 2, 2012.
By Katy Bowman [email protected] | 0 comments
Newark Police arrested a 20-year-old Newark man Wednesday night for shooting another man in the foot Wednesday morning inside a home in Fairfield Crest, according to a police spokesman.
Richard A. Duffy of Dillwyn Drive in Newark has been charged with second-degree assault, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, carrying a concealed firearm and first-degree reckless endangerment, in connection with the shooting.
The investigation began Wednesday morning when police responded to Christiana Hospital for a report of a victim with a gunshot wound, said Newark Police Department spokesman Master Cpl. Gerald Bryda.
Their investigation revealed that around 4:30 a.m., the 18-year-old male patient had gotten into an altercation with an acquaintance of his inside the residence, and that the acquaintance had removed a handgun from his pants, shot the victim in his left foot, and ran away, Bryda said. The victim got a ride to the hospital in a private vehicle. Through their investigation, police were also able to identify Richard A. Duffy as the shooter ...
http://www.newarkpostonline.com/crime_beat/article_802f1268-dcde-11e1-87f5-001a4bcf887a.html