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Police: Mercer home struck as neighbor target shooting

A Mercer County man who was target shooting faces charges after a neighbor says he fired a shot that struck his home.

Monday, May 25th 2020, 6:38 AM EDT

Updated:

Monday, May 25th 2020, 6:39 AM EDT

By Mike Gauntner

JEFFERSON TWP., Mercer Co., Pa. - A Mercer County man who was target shooting faces charges after a neighbor says he fired a shot that struck his home.

According to state police, a 73-year-old Jefferson Township man was outside his Ball Park Road home Saturday afternoon when a bullet hit the front of his home about 16 feet from where he had been tending to his flower bed.

Police: Mercer home struck as neighbor target shooting

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