GRAND FORKS - Charges are pending against Zachary Lamarca, 31, for discharge of a firearm within the city limits, the Grand Forks Police Department said in a news release Saturday.

Police were dispatched to the 2100 block of First Avenue North at about 8 a.m. Saturday for a report of a discharge of a firearm within a residence, police said.

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Lamarca said he was inside the home, checking his handgun, when it accidentally was discharged.

The bullet went through a window and became lodged in the ground outside the residence, police said.

No one was injured in the incident.

There is no threat to the general public, police said.