Shots Fired Turn Out To Be Pellet Gun: Cops

FLANDERS, NY — The sound of shots fired sent police racing to a location in Flanders Sunday — but the weapon turned out to be a pellet gun, police said.

According to Southampton Town Police, a report came in at 5:03 p.m. about the possibility of a person with a gun on Priscilla Ave. in Flanders.

Officers discovered that, during a neighbor dispute, an individual with a pellet gun shot through a fence, police said. The person who made the complaint initially to police didn't know if the gun involved "was a real rifle," police said, so authorities rushed to the scene.

The neighbor who fired the pellet gun agreed to pay for the damage, which consisted of a hole in the fence, and no charges were filed, police said.