As of Wednesday, January 2, 2013
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Albany Herald
ALBANY, Ga. -- Despite warnings from the Albany Police Department, there were multiple reports of people firing guns into the air in celebration of 2013's arrival.
One such incident proved to be a close call for an APD officer.
Phyllis Banks, spokeswoman for the APD, said that there were about 21 calls regarding people discharging their firearms throughout the city just after midnight on Tuesday. The first incident report for the year concerned one such case that occurred at the APD west district building on Dawson Road.
According to reports, Officer Robert Riddle was standing next to his assigned patrol car at 12:07 a.m. in the parking lot of the building when a stray bullet fell from the sky and struck the windshield of the vehicle.
The bullet that was recovered on the ground next to the vehicle made a small nick in the glass near the rearview mirror. It was identified as a small caliber round, reports on the incident show.
Riddle was not injured as a result of the incident, and there were no suspects as of the filing of the report, Banks said.
This is a practice that has been discouraged by law enforcement not only because it is illegal, but because the bullets falling down from the sky poses a threat to others.
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Comments
erock 4 months, 2 weeks ago
Do you really think these hoodlums give a rip about the safety of others? Better yet, how are you going to punish or prove someone fired a weapon in the air? No one in this town ever sees anything until it hits them or someone they care about.
TRUTH101 4 months, 2 weeks ago
I may be wrong....but I would think if the bullet is recovered there may be fingerprints on it.
VSU 4 months, 2 weeks ago
That would not prove that he was the one that fired the weapon.
TRUTH101 4 months, 2 weeks ago
This is true....but it can prove who loaded the bullets and it will provide the owner of the gun......
VSU 4 months, 2 weeks ago
It could have been a stolen gun and owner would have had nothing to do with it, but perhaps if that was the case maybe the owner could get his gun back providing they find the gun. Either way it doesn't matter, I doubt anything else will come out of this.
Shinedownfan 4 months, 2 weeks ago
Truth101, we are talking the Albany Police here... Not CSI. I don't think they know how to get any prints off a bullet
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