Susquehanna Twp. shooting investigated June 4th
Police investigated the shooting at a Susquehanna Township home on Alden St. Wednesday night. Mark Pynes | mpynes@pennlive.com
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A shooting in the 400 block of Alden Street late Wednesday night was the result of a man accidentally firing a handgun into his brother's leg, police said.
Khalif Williams, 20, was sitting in the kitchen with his brother, Naim Williams, whose age was unknown as of this time, when Naim picked up a .40 calbier Sig Sauer pistol and pointed it at Khalif's leg, according to Robert Martin, township public safety director.
"[Naim] pulled the trigger not thinking the gun would actually go off," Martin wrote in an email reply to PennLive's questions Thursday. "The gun did go off as there was a round chambered, striking Khalif in the right thigh."
When police arrived at 9:42 p.m. Khalif's mother was attempting to treat her son's injury in front of the house, Martin said. Emergency medical personnel took Khalif to Hershey Medical Center, where he was treated and kept overnight as a precaution.
Khalif was awake, alert and conscious when police and medical personnel arrived and his injuries were deemed not to be life-threatening, police said.
The bullet passed clean through Khalif's leg and police recovered the shell casing and the bullet in the house, according to police.
No charges were filed as of Thursday afternoon.