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A 20-year-old Bismarck man allegedly fired a bullet through his neighbor's apartment Friday and called the police, claiming he fired his rifle at a burglar in his apartment.

Bismarck police officers were called around 5:36 p.m. to an apartment located on the 2000 block of Xavier Street.

The man at the apartment told the police he fired a round from his rifle at an unknown man in his apartment. The man fled, and officers couldn't find the alleged burglar.

The man later admitted to police that he discharged his weapon and there was no burglar, according to Bismarck Police Officer Pat Renz.

The rifle was fired through the man's room, into his roommate's room and then into the apartment next door.

Luckily, no one was in the apartment next door, Renz said.

The man who contacted the police hasn't been charged yet, Renz said, but will likely be charged with a misdemeanor discharge of a firearm in city limits.

The case is being investigated.

(Reach Blair Emerson at 701-250-8251 or Blair.Emerson@bismarcktribune.com)

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