HANOVER TWP. — A Hanover Township man was arraigned Thursday on allegations he fired a shot at another man during a physical confrontation about their daughters bullying each other in school.
Necota Wright, 43, brandished a firearm while engaged in a fight with another father in front of his residence in the 200 block of Boland Avenue on Jan. 28, according to court records.
Wright admitted to Hanover Township police he pulled the firearm he used in an attempt to pistol whip the other father when it discharged a round, court records say.
The other father told police, court records say, Wright aimed and fired a shot at him.
Wright was arraigned by District Judge Kyle Halesey of Hanover Township on charges of firearms not to be carried without a license, simple assault, reckless endangerment, disorderly conduct and harassment. He was released on $40,000 unsecured bail.
According to the criminal complaint:
Police responded to a report of a shot being fired that involved several adults arguing just after 5:30 p.m. on Jan. 28.
A wallet belonging to Wright and a spent 9mm shell casing were found in the area of Wright’s residence by police.
Wright told police his daughter was being bullied by another female student in school. After text messages with the other girl’s father, Wright told police the father showed up at his house wanting to fight.
Wright initially told police the other father fired the shot during the altercation, the complaint says.
Police reviewed surveillance footage that showed the other father arriving in front of Wright’s house as Wright and a woman exit their residence.
The two men were recorded arguing when Wright began throwing punches as the two men went out of camera view for a brief time before reappearing back on camera.
The other father is seen walking in the middle of Boland Avenue toward his vehicle as Wright makes an attempt to go after the other father but is held back by the woman, the complaint says.
After police obtained video footage, Wright was interviewed a second time when he admitted he brandished a firearm to pistol-whip the other father when the gun went off, according to the complaint.
After the shooting, the complaint says, Wright told police he gave the firearm to a relative who took the weapon to Philadelphia.
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