EX-CON ARRESTED AFTER GUN IS FOUND MAN SURRENDERS, LETS DAUGHTERS GO.Byline: Staff and Wire Services LANCASTER -- An ex-convict distraught dis·traught adj. 1. Deeply agitated, as from emotional conflict. 2. Mad; insane. [Middle English, alteration of distract, past participle of distracten, over his separation from his wife was taken into custody by sheriff's deputies after holing up in a motor home with his two daughters, sheriff's officials said. Deputies got a report of a man with a gun in a motor home in the 300 block of West Avenue K about 3 p.m. Monday, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a statement released by the Lancaster sheriff's station. The caller said Kenneth Heller, 45, was holding a gun to his head and that his daughter was inside the motor home with him. The caller also said a 2-year-old child was alone in a car parked next to the motor home. Deputies heard a gunshot and yelling when they arrived. Moments later, Heller's 17-year-old daughter came out of the motor home and retrieved the 2-year-old from the car. Several minutes after that, Heller's 22-year-old daughter came out of the motor home. Ultimately, Heller surrendered to deputies, who found a loaded .38-caliber handgun and holster, sheriff's officials said. Heller was booked on suspicion of gross and negligent discharge A negligent discharge(ND) is an accidental discharge of a firearm involving culpable carelessness. In judicial and military technical terms, a negligent discharge is a chargeable offence. of a firearm firearm, device consisting essentially of a straight tube to propel shot, shell, or bullets by the explosion of gunpowder. Although the Chinese discovered gunpowder as early as the 9th cent., they did not develop firearms until the mid-14th cent. and being a felon An individual who commits a crime of a serious nature, such as Burglary or murder. A person who commits a felony. felon n. a person who has been convicted of a felony, which is a crime punishable by death or a term in state or federal prison. in possession of a firearm. |
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