Man fires pistol over card game

Mon., Nov. 1, 2004

Associated Press

Spokane police are looking for a 19-year-old Spokane man who allegedly lost his temper during a card game, pulled a pistol and fired a shot through the floor Saturday night, narrowly missing a child seated on a couch.

Police say Michael D. Charles was playing cards at a house on the 3700 block of North Cook in Spokane when another man in the game corrected Charles’ pronunciation. Charles reportedly then pulled a handgun from his waistband and fired a shot through the floor.

Charles and a companion then went through a back door and ran from the house with another man, police said. Police say they expect to charge him with reckless endangerment.

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