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History buff’s cannonball hits neighbor’s home
Pa. man faces charges, including reckless endangerment, but no one hurt
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Cannon accidentally fired into home Sept. 4: A history buff who recreates weapons from the early days of the United States, fires a small cannon, whose cannonball then ricochets, smashing into a neighbor's house several hundred yards away. WPXI's Jodine Costanzo reports. NBC News Channel |
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UNIONTOWN, Pa. - A Pennsylvania history buff who recreates firearms from old wars accidentally fired a 2-pound cannonball through the wall of his neighbor's home.
Fifty-four-year-old William Maser fired a cannonball Wednesday evening outside his home in Georges Township that ricocheted and hit a house 400 yards away.
The cannonball, about two inches in diameter, smashed through a window and a wall before landing in a closet. Authorities say nobody was hurt.
Longtime hobby
State police charged Maser with reckless endangerment, criminal mischief and disorderly conduct.
Maser told WPXI-TV that recreating 19th century cannons has been a longtime hobby.
He said he was sorry and he would stop shooting them on his property, about 35 miles southeast of Pittsburgh.
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