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Police: Man arrested for trying to shoot uncle
DAYTON - Police have arrested a 23-year-old man whose uncle called police from a payphone and said his nephew tried to shoot him in the head.
Christopher J. Richards, 141 Bircher St., allegedly shot at his uncle, Freddie Spears, after Spears pushed one of Richards’ dogs on Tuesday night, Jan. 27, according to a police report.
Richards got angry at his uncle for shoving the canine and pulled a .45 caliber handgun from a drawer and fired it at Spears’ head, the report stated.
Spears was able to run from the house and called police at about 11:45 p.m. from a payphone on East Third Street. Officers were not able to locate the gun, but did find a shell casing from a .45 caliber gun near where Richards was standing at the time he fired the weapon, the report stated.
Officers suspect he ditched the gun at a friend’s house nearby, the report stated.
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