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DAYTON OH July 30 2008 — Four adults and three young people were taken into custody Tuesday night, July 29, after police dispatched on a report of shots fired found a 12-year-old walking around in a residence carrying an assault rifle.
Police were dispatched to a residence in the 1900 block of Catalpa Drive sometime after 10 p.m. on numerous reports of shots fired, Dayton Lt. John Bardun said.
Officers looked in a window of the residence and witnessed the boy carrying an SKS assault rifle, Bardun said, noting that an initial investigation revealed the boy had been in the backyard earlier in the evening, firing the weapon.
Officers found proof of that, locating 10 to 15 spent shell casings in the yard near children’s play equipment, Bardun said.
Police dispatch then issued a “99″ — officer needs assistance.
Several officers responded to the address, forced entry to the residence, wrestled their way past an adult and seized the rifle, a 50-round clip and numerous handguns, Bardun said. There were several open bottles of vodka throughout the house, he said.
No one was hurt. No charges were immediately filed, but the adults and young people were taken to police headquarters downtown for questioning. The adults were being held pending charges of child endangerment.
Betty Venters, a neighbor, said, “I don’t know what they are thinking, firing off guns right near a daycare center.”
She spoke while holding her 18-month-old baby.
Ironically, Bardun said the front door to the residence featured a emblem depicting the picture of a handgun and the words, “We aren’t calling 9-1-1.”
Police were dispatched to a residence in the 1900 block of Catalpa Drive sometime after 10 p.m. on numerous reports of shots fired, Dayton Lt. John Bardun said.
Officers looked in a window of the residence and witnessed the boy carrying an SKS assault rifle, Bardun said, noting that an initial investigation revealed the boy had been in the backyard earlier in the evening, firing the weapon.
Officers found proof of that, locating 10 to 15 spent shell casings in the yard near children’s play equipment, Bardun said.
Police dispatch then issued a “99″ — officer needs assistance.
Several officers responded to the address, forced entry to the residence, wrestled their way past an adult and seized the rifle, a 50-round clip and numerous handguns, Bardun said. There were several open bottles of vodka throughout the house, he said.
No one was hurt. No charges were immediately filed, but the adults and young people were taken to police headquarters downtown for questioning. The adults were being held pending charges of child endangerment.
Betty Venters, a neighbor, said, “I don’t know what they are thinking, firing off guns right near a daycare center.”
She spoke while holding her 18-month-old baby.
Ironically, Bardun said the front door to the residence featured a emblem depicting the picture of a handgun and the words, “We aren’t calling 9-1-1.”
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