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Paducah Man Arrested After Bullet Discharges

Paducah Man Arrested After Bullet Discharges
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By West Kentucky Star Staff
Feb. 18, 2017 | REIDLAND, KY
By West Kentucky Star Staff Feb. 18, 2017 | 08:55 AM | REIDLAND, KY
A Paducah man is behind bars after a rifle went off in his apartment.

According to the McCracken County Sheriff's Department, 35-year-old Joshua Prince of Paducah was in his apartment at Lottie Court in Reidland at about 10:30 pm on Friday.  Deputies say Prince's rifle discharged, and the bullet exited out of his apartment and into a neighboring apartment.  

Deputies said the bullet struck a wall above a bed where the neighbors were sleeping.

Deputies say they believe Prince did not intentionally fire the rifle into the neighboring apartment, but had been negligent in handling the rifle while it was loaded.

Prince was arrested on two counts of wanton endangerment in the first degree, and the firearm was taken as evidence.  


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