Allentown Man Shoots Through Floor and Hits Woman

There should be some sense of security when you’re at home, chillaxing, maxing and looking all cool that you’re not going to be randomly shot in the leg through the ceiling. But, if you live in Allentown, do you really expect anything less?

An Allentown woman was shot in the leg around 12:30 a.m. Monday while she slept with her young child in her first-floor apartment in the 800 block of St. John Street, and police say the shot came from a man living in the apartment above her.

Capt. George Medero said the woman, whose name is not being released, is expected to fully recover. The man who allegedly fired the handgun was taken into custody.

Medero said Rafael Pequero Campo of 802 St. John St. will be charged with aggravated assault, simple assault and recklessly endangering another person. Medero said Pequero had been consuming alcohol when he accidentally discharged the weapon. The bullet went through the floor of his second-floor apartment and the ceiling of the first-floor apartment before striking the female tenant below him, police said.

Medero said the police department’s Emergency Response Team was called out because initially Campo and another man and woman in his apartment ignored police attempts to contact them. Other residents living in the six-unit apartment building were evacuated, he said.

Medero said Campo and his guests came out within an hour of the initial police response. He said the other man and woman in Campo’s apartment were briefly taken into custody but released, and no charges will be filed against them.

Medero said the handgun that was fired and a rifle were taken from Campo’s apartment by police as evidence. He said Campo was expected to be arraigned and committed to Lehigh County jail. Source

I’m not asking for people not to own guns or even to keep them locked up but for pooping out loud can’t you just maybe NOT be handling them in your APARTMENT when you’re WASTED?