HARTFORD CITY, Ind. – Less than two months before they allegedly robbed a Muncie store clerk at gunpoint, three Blackford County teens came under the…
HARTFORD CITY, Ind. – Less than two months before they allegedly robbed a Muncie store clerk at gunpoint, three Blackford County teens came under the scrutiny of local authorities when one accidentally shot the other.
According to police reports, Robert J. Rockwell Jr., 18, was handling a .25-caliber handgun in a moving car on Nov. 29 when the weapon discharged, sending a bullet into the left shoulder of Zachary Allen Lester, then 16.
The shooting occurred when Rockwell and Lester were passengers in a car driven in Hartford City by 18-year-old Keiton Stacy. All three teens are from Montpelier.
On Jan. 22, Muncie police allege, Rockwell and Lester robbed a clerk at the Riggin Market, 4849 N. Broadway, while Stacy waited outside in a getaway vehicle.
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