NORTH ROYALTON, Ohio

Gunshot, Pine Forest: On Sept. 12, police were dispatched to a Pine Forest apartment complex regarding a firearm discharge inside of an apartment.

Dispatch told the arriving officer a man -- who was drinking and not injured -- accidentally shot a bullet from his firearm through the balcony window.

The man was instructed to meet police outside of the building before being escorted back inside where a gun was located on the floor in front of the couch.

The officer confirmed the resident smelled like booze.

The man told the police that due to the fact there had been a lot of “ruckus” in the area of late, he had his gun out for self-defense.

He was putting down the half-cocked revolver when it went off, shattering the sliding window with a hole also in the curtain.

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