Shots Fired in Springhill Apartment
The RCMP responded to shots fired within a Springhill apartment on Saturday.
The 9-1-1 call said neighbours heard a number of gunshots around one o’clock.
Police arrived quickly to find a lone man in the apartment, with evidence of bullet holes in the walls.
Fifty-four year-old William Kenneth Matthews was arrested at the scene.
He was charged with:
- Possession of a Firearm (two counts);
- Unauthorized Possession of a Firearm (two counts);
- Unsafe Storage of a Firearm (two counts);
- Careless Use of a Firearm (three counts);
- Careless Storage of Ammunition;
- Possession of a Weapon Dangerous to Public Peace (two counts);
Matthews will appear in Amherst Provincial Court this morning.
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