SKOWHEGAN -- A 23-year-old resident was arrested Wednesday after he fired a CO2-powered BB gun at a 12-year-old boy from the inside of his mobile home.
Randall L. Brackett, 23, has been charged with assault and may face additional charges, Deputy Police Chief Rick Bonneau said Thursday. Bonneau said neighbors began calling police at around 6:30 p.m., saying they heard a ruckus near a mobile home park and said people were fighting.(otherwise known as a typical day)
"Three boys were out playing by the road on a pogo stick when people began yelling profanity at them," Bonneau said. He said one of the adults in a nearby mobile home came out and began staring at the boys then went back in, grabbed a gun and fired. Witnesses then said they heard a "pfft"
The suspect apparently had aimed at and struck a 12-year-old boy in the stomach. The pellet did not pierce the skin, but did cause a wound, Bonneau said. The boy was not hospitalized.
"A CO2-powered BB gun can be powerful, and it can be very damaging," Bonneau said.
Brackett also was charged with violation of conditions of release, Bonneau said. He was taken to the Somerset County Jail where he claims to "like it there and wants to go back."
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