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Man shoots girlfriend
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BEAVER FALLS - A Beaver Falls man was spinning a loaded gun on his finger just before it accidentally went off Tuesday evening, a bullet hitting his girlfriend in the abdomen, police said.
And while two police officers and two firefighters were attending to the shooting victim, Brandy Sager, her panicked boyfriend, Randy Johnston, accidentally fired the gun a second time, but didn't hit anyone.
"It just went boom!" Beaver Falls Police Capt. Jeff Becze said Wednesday.
Johnston, 20, of 43 Mount Washington Apartments, was charged with aggravated assault, reckless endangerment, simple assault and receiving stolen property. Police said the gun was reported stolen from a Butler County home.
He remained in the Beaver County Jail on Wednesday after he failed to post $100,000 cash bond set by District Justice Ed Howe.
Becze said Sager, 18, told them that just before the 9 p.m. shooting, Johnston was in the bedroom of his apartment, while Sager was standing in the bedroom doorway. Johnston was spinning the gun, then stopped and held it in his hand when it went off, Sager told police.
The bullet from the .22-caliber gun hit Sager in the left side, nicking her large intestine. While she lay on the hallway floor, Johnston called police and said the gun had gone off while he was cleaning it. Sager also told police several times later that the shooting was an accident, Becze said.
When firefighters and police arrived, Becze said, they first tended to Sager, holding a towel over her wound, while a frantic Johnston went from room to room in the apartment.
"It was chaotic at first," Becze said. "I just told him, 'Dude, just stand back here and relax.' "
Johnston grabbed the gun off the bedroom mattress, Becze said, and began to explain to police Detective Scott Chichy how the gun had gone off, despite Chichy's orders to leave the gun alone.
Johnston ejected the bullet clip from the gun and told Chichy it was safe, then pointed it at the mattress and pulled the trigger. The one round remaining in the chamber fired into the mattress. None of the people standing nearby was hurt.
Becze then handcuffed Johnston and took him outside while medics continued to treat Sager.
She was listed in serious, but stable, condition in Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh on Wednesday.
Bill Vidonic can be reached online at bvidonic@timesonline.com.
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And while two police officers and two firefighters were attending to the shooting victim, Brandy Sager, her panicked boyfriend, Randy Johnston, accidentally fired the gun a second time, but didn't hit anyone.
"It just went boom!" Beaver Falls Police Capt. Jeff Becze said Wednesday.
Johnston, 20, of 43 Mount Washington Apartments, was charged with aggravated assault, reckless endangerment, simple assault and receiving stolen property. Police said the gun was reported stolen from a Butler County home.
He remained in the Beaver County Jail on Wednesday after he failed to post $100,000 cash bond set by District Justice Ed Howe.
Becze said Sager, 18, told them that just before the 9 p.m. shooting, Johnston was in the bedroom of his apartment, while Sager was standing in the bedroom doorway. Johnston was spinning the gun, then stopped and held it in his hand when it went off, Sager told police.
The bullet from the .22-caliber gun hit Sager in the left side, nicking her large intestine. While she lay on the hallway floor, Johnston called police and said the gun had gone off while he was cleaning it. Sager also told police several times later that the shooting was an accident, Becze said.
When firefighters and police arrived, Becze said, they first tended to Sager, holding a towel over her wound, while a frantic Johnston went from room to room in the apartment.
"It was chaotic at first," Becze said. "I just told him, 'Dude, just stand back here and relax.' "
Johnston grabbed the gun off the bedroom mattress, Becze said, and began to explain to police Detective Scott Chichy how the gun had gone off, despite Chichy's orders to leave the gun alone.
Johnston ejected the bullet clip from the gun and told Chichy it was safe, then pointed it at the mattress and pulled the trigger. The one round remaining in the chamber fired into the mattress. None of the people standing nearby was hurt.
Becze then handcuffed Johnston and took him outside while medics continued to treat Sager.
She was listed in serious, but stable, condition in Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh on Wednesday.
Bill Vidonic can be reached online at bvidonic@timesonline.com.
I might not always tell you the truth, but I will never lie to you!
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