TACOMA — A Pierce County man rang in the new year by firing a number of guns 175 times.
The News Tribune reports that according to Pierce County sheriff’s spokesman Ed Troyer, a man, 52, fired 175 rounds from his 12-gauge shotgun, 9mm handgun and .223-caliber AR-15-style rifle in his Spanaway yard.
Sheriff’s deputies responded to reports of shots fired and found the man passed out in a lawn chair with shell casings strewn around the yard.
The unconscious man was arrested on suspicion of 100 misdemeanor counts of discharging a firearm. The man was booked into the Pierce County Jail.
