MARTIN COUNTY, Fla. — A 28-year-old man from Martin County was taken into custody after his backyard shooting practice resulted in bullets hitting a neighbor’s house and striking a horse.
Felipe Pascual-Andres was charged with firing into an occupied residence after the incident.
Investigators stated that Pascual-Andres was practicing with a newly bought firearm at his residence. Three shots missed the target and went onto a neighboring property, damaging the house and hitting an animal.
One bullet penetrated a door and a wall of the neighboring residence, eventually coming to rest on a kitchen windowsill inside the home.
A second shot hit the back porch of the house. A third bullet hit a horse on the property, but the animal is expected to recover.
No one was injured during the shooting. Pascual-Andres told authorities he was using his backyard for target practice with the new gun.
Following the investigation, Pascual-Andres was taken into custody and transported to the Martin County jail.
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