SOMERSWORTH, NH — Police arrested a 60-year-old man after a bullet was fired through an apartment door and lodged in a neighboring unit’s wall.
The Somersworth Police Department received a call for shots fired at 151 Indigo Hill Road at approximately 8:20 p.m. on Jan. 2.
The reporting party said they heard a loud bang coming from an adjacent apartment.
Responding officers located what appeared to be a bullet hole in the door of Apartment 17.
The investigation showed a round was fired from within Apartment 17.
The round went through the door, across the hall, and lodged in the wall of a neighboring apartment.
The resident ultimately admitted to the discharge of a firearm.
Daniel Dix, 60, of Somersworth, was arrested and charged with one count of felony reckless conduct.
Multiple firearms were seized and a spent shell casing was recovered as part of the investigation.
Dix was held on preventive detention and will be arraigned on Jan. 5 at the Dover District Court.
There were no injuries as a result of the firearm discharge.
