Bullet unintentionally fired into neighbor's home in Ventura

Police said they cited a 57-year-old Ventura man with with negligent discharge of a firearm after he unintentionally fired a bullet into a neighbor’s house.

At 8:15 p.m. Tuesday, Ventura police received a report from a woman in the 11100 block of Telegraph Road who said a bullet had gone through her window and hit her TV.

Immediately afterward, she heard a commotion and he saw her neighbor standing outside with a gun in his hand, police said.

Officers said they determined the neighbor was inside his home when he pulled the trigger of his gun, thinking it was unloaded. The round went through the wall of his home and through his neighbor’s window, police said.

The man was cited with negligent discharge of firearm and was released on the scene, police said.

No one was injured, police said.