Two Idiots in Springfield Shed More Negative Light on Gun Ownership

[Joeyd6 0]

Its crap like this that makes responsible gun owners get lumped in with the unresponsible...

 

 

Police: Backyard shooting session in Springfield leads to SWAT team response

By Tom Wright-Piersanti/The Star-LedgerThe Star-Ledger

 

 

SPRINGFIELD — A backyard shooting session Tuesday night led to a full response from the Union County SWAT team and the arrest of two men on various charges, authorities said this evening.

 

Timothy Penna, 42, of Springfield, and Matthew McDarby, 44, of Bridgewater, were arrested after they fired about 15 rounds from a .45 semiautomatic handgun off Penna’s deck at various objects in the backyard, including a metal birdfeeder, said Lt. Judd Levenson, a spokesman for the Springfield Police Department.

A woman and a 4-year-old child were inside Penna’s home when the men were arrested, Levenson said, though they were not there when the men allegedly shot up the backyard.

 

Police responding to reports of gunshots at around 11:30 p.m. Tuesday found McDarby on the deck of Penna’s Tooker Place home. McDarby ran inside the

house after police noticed shell casings, Levenson said.

 

When the police cruiser’s public address system failed to bring the men out of the house, Springfield Chief John Cook called in the Union County SWAT Team, Levenson said.

 

A man who identified himself as Penna’s father intervened, and successfully talked his son out of his house, police said. But McDarby remained inside despite numerous attempts to get him to come out, Levenson said.

 

Authorities said the SWAT team entered the home and found McDarby in the basement, where he was arrested.

 

“Consumption of alcoholic beverages had to do a lot with what transpired,” Levenson said. He said local residents were never in jeopardy.

 

Additional investigation found that McDarby accidentally discharged a gun in the kitchen after the men had fired off the deck, Levenson said.

 

Police recovered three .45 semiautomatic handguns, all legally purchased and registered.

 

Penna was charged with one count of maintaining a public nuisance creating a dangerous condition, one count of disorderly conduct, and two township ordinance violations relating to firing of firearms within Springfield.

 

McDarby was charged with one count of obstruction of justice and one disorderly conduct. He also received the township violations.

 

The men will make their first appearance in municipal court on April 22.

 

Source: http://www.nj.com/un...ml#incart_river

[DSD1026 48]

while its something we would all love to be able to do (shoot in our backyard), there's just so much fail there.. and the fact that they were both over 40 years old makes me more sad.. apparently with age does NOT come wisdom in some cases

[1LtCAP 4,264]

they were drunk apparently. and this is the exact reason i totally signed off of alchohol when i started pilot training.......we all can say "oh, i'll never do that when i've been drinking." but the fact is we do stupid chit when we drink.

[PeteF 1,044]

Drunk, middle of the night, shot the floor.

 

A pair of complete dolts.