A 52-year-old local man, Shawn J. Sweeney, was charged with unlawfully discharging a firearm on Saturday morning.
According to the Waterloo Police Department, Sweeney fired two shotgun rounds while duck hunting on the canal inside the Village of Waterloo, using a 12-gauge Mossberg shotgun.
This act is a violation of Local Law 171-4, which relates to firearms and explosives within the village boundaries.
No comment from Sweeney or the authorities is available at this time.
Author's summary: Man charged for firing shotgun in village.