On January 22, at approximately 11:38 a.m., Grand Forks Police were notified of a discharge of a firearm within an apartment. The renter of the apartment notified police that she had mishandled a shotgun inside the residence when a round was discharged. The round went through the apartment floor and traveled into an unoccupied area of the building beneath her apartment. Nobody was injured during the incident. The suspect is identified as Haleigh Reese 18-year-old Grand Forks resident. Charges are pending against the suspect for the discharge of a firearm within city limits.
The Grand Forks Police Department responds to several of these calls per year and would like to remind people to properly check and unload their firearms prior to handling.
FIREARM DISCHARGED INSIDE GRAND FORKS APARTMENT
