Police: Woman fires gun in air to break up party

[April 28, 2010]  KENNEWICK, Wash. (AP) -- Police said they arrested a 66-year-old woman accused of firing a gun into the air to break up her neighbors' backyard party.

The woman was booked into the Benton County jail for investigation of unlawfully discharging a weapon in the city limits. Police were called to her home Sunday night after neighbors reported a shot being fired into the air.

The woman told police she was upset about the party but said she only smacked a frying pan on a wooden fence.

Officers said she denied even owning a gun, but they said they found a loaded .32-caliber derringer in a kitchen cupboard.

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Information from: Tri-City Herald,
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/

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