Teen suspected of firing bullet into downstairs apartment

Ron Wilkins | Journal & Courier

LAFAYETTE — A 17-year-old boy accidentally fired a handgun through the floor of his second-floor apartment about 9:35 p.m. Monday, Lafayette police said.

The boy was arrested, police said.

The bullet went through the floor of the boy's apartment in the 1000 block of North Seventh Street and into the first-floor apartment, police said. No one in the first-floor apartment was injured, police said.

The boy was booked under the charges of criminal recklessness with a deadly weapon, possession of a handgun without a license and possession of marijuana, police said.

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