Pittsfield Township police respond to 2 shootings overnight
Pittsfield Township police investigated two shootings within four hours overnight, with both victims suffering what officers called non-life threatening injuries.
The first incident took place just before 11 p.m. Sunday, when officers were called to the 3500 block of Fieldcrest on the township's east side near Golfside and Ellsworth.
A 45-year old man who lives in the township was taken to an area hospital, according to a news release.
"This incident is not a random act of violence and the victim and suspect were known to each other," according to the release.
The investigation continued early Monday, police said.
In the second incident, police were called to a local hospital after a 25-year-old man turned up in the emergency room with a gunshot wound.
Police said the victim was parked in a parking lot at Carpenter Road and East Ellsworth at about 2:27 a.m. Monday. He " indicated to police that he accidentally discharged his firearm in a vehicle while in a parking lot and it struck him in a non-vital area," according to a news release.
A friend took him to the hospital, police said.
"The victim was in lawful possession of the firearm that was discharged," police said.
Police said the incidents were not connected.
Comments
jusayin
Mon, Jun 3, 2013 : 5:45 p.m.
Tru2blu (luv the handle- GO BLUE!), In my experience one cannot argue with a gun rights nut. Not saying your nuts...jusayin', period. I'm probably in a small minority of people, anyhow, as I am a gun owner/target shooter who does NOT belong to the NRA (Notta Reasonable Adult) because I truly believe they are evil. As far as equating automobile ownership with guns - ridiculous! Totally NRA talking point ridiculous. As far as the guy who shot himself at 2:27am...in a public parking lot...playing with his (sic) "pistol"...well - if he would have run over himself with his "fully licensed auto" while in possession of a "legal" drivers license - I would think the same thing I do about his "legal" license to carry. He shouldn't be allowed to own one! My logic, however, is no where close to your claims that I would believe no one but gov. officials should own/drive cars. It's a ridiculous stretch and assumption of facts you make there.
jusayin
Mon, Jun 3, 2013 : 3:50 p.m.
okay, yeah, right. The guy is playing with his pistol at 2:27am...that's AM!,,,in a public parking lot. Shot himself. He was in "legal" possession...that means this dude passed the requirments for carrying a deadly weapon around...at 2:30am...in a public parking lot...too bad that bullet didn't hit every moron that thinks this should be part of your second amendment rights! KARMA!!
tdw
Mon, Jun 3, 2013 : 6:59 p.m.
TruBlu...it won't be.A2.com is very tolerant of insults when they are directed at Christians, Conservatives , males, Ypsilanti and just about any other group who are not left wing liberals that worship Ann Arbor
Tru2Blu76
Mon, Jun 3, 2013 : 4:23 p.m.
Lettin' ya know: at the same time in the morning, there are more drunk driving "accidents" than there have EVER BEEN licensed gun owners accidentally shooting themselves. BTW: calling any group names is against moderation policy in this forum. I hope your comment gets deleted. :-)
WalkingJoe
Mon, Jun 3, 2013 : 2:11 p.m.
We live less than two blocks from the first incident. Heard the sirens just after going to bed and wondered what was going on. Hope to see some updates.
hepcat
Mon, Jun 3, 2013 : 1:55 p.m.
We should bring back columnist Mike Royko's " Gun owner of the month " awards.
Tru2Blu76
Mon, Jun 3, 2013 : 1:41 p.m.
Anyone who has been trained and licensed to drive a motor vehicle and then has an accident resulting in injury only to themselves is "an idiot" and it means all motor vehicles are too dangerous to own and use - therefore they should be banned except for police & government use. Absolutely true: according to the anti-gun logic of the first three commenters here. LOL! Welcome to the World of Ideological Contradictions (instilled skillfully by both political parties -which themselves have no constitutional protection or support). :-) Both George Washington and Mark Twain despised "our" political parties - anyone wonder why?
ArthGuinness
Mon, Jun 3, 2013 : 6:57 p.m.
I agree that Tru2Blu76's analogy is flawed for the reason pointed out by fjord. However, if he had suggested that it would make better sense to REQUIRE training for gun permits just like we REQUIRE training for driver's license, since both are very capable of being lethal, then I could at least partially agree to that.
jusayin
Mon, Jun 3, 2013 : 5:43 p.m.
Tru2blu (luv the handle- GO BLUE!), In my experience one cannot argue with a gun rights nut. Not saying your nuts...jusayin', period. I'm probably in a small minority of people, anyhow, as I am a gun owner/target shooter who does NOT belong to the NRA (Notta Reasonable Adult) because I truly believe they are evil. As far as equating automobile ownership with guns - ridiculous! Totally NRA talking point ridiculous. As far as the guy who shot himself at 2:27am...in a public parking lot...playing with his (sic) "pistol"...well - if he would have run over himself with his "fully licensed auto" while in possession of a "legal" drivers license - I would think the same thing I do about his "legal" license to carry. He shouldn't be allowed to own one! My logic, however, is no where close to your claims that I would believe no one but gov. officials should own/drive cars. It's a ridiculous stretch and assumption of facts you make there.
tdw
Mon, Jun 3, 2013 : 4:24 p.m.
fjord....Sorry to break the new to you but the primary design is to fire a projectile.Guns are used hundreds of millions more times to just shoot at targets.By your " logic " there should be several hundred million shootings in this country every year.
Tru2Blu76
Mon, Jun 3, 2013 : 4:18 p.m.
@ fjord, justsayin and hepcat: My demonstration of the failure of anti-gun logic was in reaction to the first three comments and I have no hope or intention of making anti-gun trolls see the point. Fortunately, anti-gun sentiments and myths are on the wane - and my post reflects that trend. Go ahead and continue with your love of Democrat anti-gun propaganda. The more abusive you are to gun owners and the right to take reasonable measures to defend human life, the greater the backlash will be during the next two elections. The Democrats lost both houses of Congress and many state governments went completely over to the Republicans as well - as a result of the vote of the dominant minority (80 million gun owners at the time - today it's 100 million). That was the 1994 election - a voter reaction in the wake of the "assault rifle" ban. @fjord: automobiles are NOT designed to kill, that's true - yet even though all drivers are required to be trained and licensed: automobile drivers STILL kill at above the rate of gun owners. But you prefer being "anti-GUN??" HAH! If it's reckless killing you're against: go after drivers and leave the gun handling to the sane people. :-)
AnnArBo
Mon, Jun 3, 2013 : 4 p.m.
Wrong logic Fjord...........there are over 300 million LEGAL firearms in this country by the governments own estimate, the number is probably much higher. If you do the math of deaths and even accidental discharges, you will find a very low percentage of gun accidents or deaths per guns owned, compared to the same statistical comparison with automobiles and car accidents. Once again, a story like this gets reported with very little information about what he was doing (he may have been unloading it before leaving his car which could have led to a tragic accident), and right away people who know nothing other than what the "expert politicians" spout, and fail to look at the real statistics that are readily available on guns, end up just pushing an anti gun political agenda.
fjord
Mon, Jun 3, 2013 : 3:37 p.m.
Sorry, the logic deficiency here is yours, not theirs. The primary, designed purpose of motor vehicles is NOT to injure or kill. The primary, designed purpose of guns IS to injure or kill. If we were able to compare the number of times a motor vehicle is used each day vs. the number of times a gun is used each day, and compute the percentage of uses that resulted in injury or death for each device, we would see that an overwhelming percentage of motor vehicle trips did not result in injury or death, while an overwhelming percentage of gun firings did result in injury or death. It doesn't take an idiot to see that guns are far more dangerous than motor vehicles ... BECAUSE THEY ARE DESIGNED TO BE. And yet, you wonder why others wish to enact common-sense safety regulations. Cars are more regulated than guns! Does that make any sense at all? No!
leezee
Mon, Jun 3, 2013 : 12:59 p.m.
Always makes me feel so safe that some people who are in lawful possesion of a firearm have no idea how to use their firearm. He is a victim, though, so I will say no more. I'm sure I'm already teetering on the edge of deletion as it is.
tdw
Mon, Jun 3, 2013 : 6:51 p.m.
JGS.....Freedom of speech only applies to the government.A2.com is a private entity and they can sensor what ever they wish
ArthGuinness
Mon, Jun 3, 2013 : 6:51 p.m.
JGS, here's your civics lesson for today: what you call your "freedom of speech right" comes from the Constitution which prohibits CONGRESS from making laws that abridge it. It doesn't say jack squat about AnnArbor.com, a private entity.
JGS
Mon, Jun 3, 2013 : 4:29 p.m.
Deletion is ignorant and a judgement call on this site. How did our freedom of speech rights disappear on comment sections? How have we allowed this to happen?
smokeblwr
Mon, Jun 3, 2013 : 11:24 a.m.
Why is somebody is lawful possession of a firearm shooting it in a public parking lot at 2am? Sounds responsible.
hail2thevict0r
Mon, Jun 3, 2013 : 5:36 p.m.
Accidental discharge of a firearm by an irresponsible gun owner clearly not following proper gun safety measures.