Gun Goes Off In Brookline, Bullet Into Home: Police

BROOKLINE, MA — Someone accidentally shot a gun in Brookline and the bullet went into someone's home, according to police. No one was reportedly injured.

At 4:03 p.m. Tuesday, police responded to a report of a gun shot on Naples Road. Someone got out of their car, adjusted the revolver that he was carrying and it went off accidentally, according to police.

Police said the bullet went off into a home, and the gun's owner then alerted the people who were home at the time the gun went off. Then someone called the police, who said the owner of the firearm was cooperative and is properly licensed.

The firearm owner surrendered his firearm license and the revolver he had discharged. Detectives are following up with the licensing authority on the issue.

Updates to come.

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