Crime & Safety
Drunk O'Fallon Man Shoots at Mobile Home With Infant Inside
A 49-year-old man is facing two felony charges after he got drunk and fired a shotgun into a neighbor's home while an infant was asleep in one of the rooms.
A 49-year-old man is facing two felony charges after he got drunk and fired a shotgun into a neighbor's home while an infant was asleep in one of the rooms, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports.
According to the report, Mark Bradley Fetsch, of the 2100 block of Oakbrook Drive, was charged Monday with unlawful use of a weapon and unlawful use of a weapon by an intoxicated person.
The incident took place near the Interstate 64 and Highway N intersection.
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From the report:
About 11:25 p.m. Sunday, Fetsch walked out of his mobile home with a 12-gauge shotgun and began firing. One round hit his front porch, and two more rounds were fired into an adjacent mobile home occupied by eight people.
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