Man charged after firearm incident
A man was arrested after a ! firearm incident in Woolston oh Saturday evening. | The man, aged 33, will appear in the District Court * this morning charged with discharging a shotgun near a house. The police ; received several telephone calls after a shotgun was allegedly discharged in Mackenzie Avenue about 10 p.m. Senior-Sergeant Geoff Kenna said! the armed offenders isquad was
called on duty but the incident was over before they left the police station. ; Senior-Sergeant Kenna said a woman neighbour who knew the man well had taken the shotgun from him, soon after it was alleged to have beteri fired. ; She did not, however; tell; the; police and the armed offenders squad was called on duty. The ; incident was handled; by the uniformed branch. | i
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Press, 7 March 1988, Page 7
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