WILLIAMSPORT, LYCOMING COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Police are charging a man after they say he fired a gunshot into the ceiling of a home where a 4-year-old was present upstairs.
According to the Williamsport Bureau of Police, officers were called to a home in the 800 block of Packer Street for a gunshot fired inside.
Once on the scene, officers said they encountered the suspect, 65-year-old John Joseph Holohan, exiting the home from the back.
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Investigators stated that Holohan was part of an argument when he took out a .357 Magnum revolver and fired it into the first-floor ceiling of the residence. When Holohan fired the gun into the ceiling, a 4-year-old was in a second-floor bedroom above where Holohan was positioned, police say.
However, no persons suffered any injuries.
Holohan was taken to the Lycoming County Prison after being denied bail. He has been charged with endangering the welfare of a child and other related offenses.
