COLUMBUS — Columbus police say a man shot his neighbor in the shoulder after he told the man to stop firing his gun to celebrate the New Year.
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1/1/19@12:02am officers were dispatched to 1537 Coronet Dr. Adult male victim said he was shot by his neighbor.
VICTIM STATED THAT HE WAS SHOT AFTER TELLING THE NEIGHBOR TO STOP SHOOTING HIS GUN FOR NEW YEAR'S EVE.
Bullet fractured victim's collar bone. pic.twitter.com/ySMb3D3jQb— Columbus Division of Police (@ColumbusPolice) January 2, 2019
Officers who responded to a reported shooting in the 1500 block of Coronet Drive on the Northeast Side at two minutes past midnight found a man who had suffered a gunshot wound and told police he had been shot by his neighbor after he told the neighbor to stop shooting his gun to celebrate the New Year, Sgt. Cory Canter said.
Matthew Martin, 29, has been charged with felonious assault.
They say the neighbor suffered a fractured collar bone in the shooting early Tuesday.
When officers went to the home on Elmore Avenue where the gunfire originated, they saw a large number of people inside the home and did not get a response at the door so Canter says they called for a SWAT unit and three paddy wagons to transport all the people to jail.
Authorities around Ohio, including Columbus police, had sent out warnings against celebratory gunfire and fireworks. Columbus police had urged that “no one needs to be a victim of falling or inappropriately aimed bullets.”
Cleveland police are investigating a New Year’s shooting that injured a 9-year-old just after midnight.
They say an apparent stray bullet struck the boy’s hand and grazed his chest while he was watching TV at home.