(Michigan City, IN) - A 15-year-old boy was responsible for going into a home and firing multiple gunshots in Michigan City three months ago. That’s according to police, who arrested the juvenile on charges of Burglary, Criminal Recklessness and Dangerous Possession of a Fiirearm.

 

On January 26th, emergency personel responded to the 200 block of Poplar Street after gunshots were heard in the area. One of the responding officers heard the shots from inside the nearby police station on Michigan Boulevard.

 

Police said the boy forced his way into a home and repeatedly pulled the trigger of a loaded handgun. No one inside the residence was wounded.

 

The teen developed as a suspect in the case from evidence gathered in the investigation, but his whereabouts at the time were then unknown. Detectives learned the Michigan City resident left but would return to the area periodically following the gunfire. The search ended Monday when he was spotted inside a vehicle traveling in the area of U.S. 20 and Hitchcock Road on the city’s far west side before being arrested during a traffic stop.

 

He is also charged with Arson for an intentionally-set fire in September.