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Two year old shot through apartment floor

By GLYNIS HART
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NEWPORT – A two year old girl was shot Sunday night when a downstairs neighbor, Timothy Hale, discharged a 12 gauge shotgun. The bullet traveled through the ceiling of Hale’s apartment and struck the child in the right leg.

Her parents called 911 at 11:27 p.m. The child was transported to Dartmouth Hitchcock by Newport Ambulance Service, where she is in stable condition.

Hale, of Apartment A, 147 Laurel Street, was taken into custody and charged with Reckless Conduct with a Deadly Weapon, a Class B felony. He is due to be arraigned in Sullivan County Superior Court in Newport today.

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