Police charge 18-year-old man in CT shooting that injured 17-year-old girl
Police have charged an 18-year-old man in a shooting in Berlin on Sunday that injured a teenager.
Benjamin Homar of Berlin was arrested Thursday on charges of first-degree assault, first-degree robbery, criminal use of a firearm and possession of a stolen firearm, according to the Berlin Police Department.
On Sunday, a resident in the area of 292 Deming Road reported hearing a gunshot outside just after 9:15 p.m., according to police. When officers arrived, they found that the victim and the suspect had left the area.
Shortly thereafter, police learned that a 17-year-old girl arrived at the emergency room at the Hospital of Central Connecticut in New Britain seeking treatment for a gunshot wound to her abdomen. The injury was not considered life-threatening, police said.
Police said they believed the teen suffered the gunshot wound during an incident in Berlin.
Detectives on Wednesday obtained a warrant charging Homar in the shooting.
He was held on a $750,000 bond and is expected to be arraigned in New Britain Superior Court on Friday.