Teen charged with firing shot at Bloomfield home

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Devonte Pipkin, Jr. Photo credit Bloomfield Police Dept

Bloomfield, Conn./WTIC Radio - A Bloomfield teenager is facing charges after police say he opened fire on a home in town early Tuesday morning.

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At around 12:45 a.m., police received a call from the residents of a home on Allen Road.

Officers determined a single gunshot had been fired through a bedroom window before becoming lodged in a bathroom wall.

They located a 9mm shell casing in nearby Pershing Park, after which detectives traced footprints to a house on East Harold Street.

There, they found a stolen Glock 19 with an extended magazine, along with over 100 rounds of ammunition.

Under arrest is 18-year-old Devonte Pipkin, Jr.

He's facing charges of possessing a machine gun, illegal discharge of a firearm, reckless endangerment and carrying a pistol without a permit.

Bond was set at $800,000.

Featured Image Photo Credit: Bloomfield Police Dept