A Lansing Street resident called Auburn police when he found a bullet hole in his bedroom Tuesday.
In turn, his upstairs neighbor was arrested by police for the illegal possession of a handgun he fired the night before while considering suicide. Mark T. Salva, 50, of 28 Lansing St.-Apt. 3, was charged with the misdemeanor crime of fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon. Salva told police he was still suicidal Tuesday night.
He was transported to Auburn Memorial Hospital's emergency room for a mental health evaluation to decide if he should be held for 72 hours in the hospital's mental health ward. No one was injured by the gunfire. The downstairs neighbor was not home when the shot was fired. Police recovered two loaded handguns - a .40 caliber Daewoo and a .22 caliber Ruger - that were unregistered and for which Salva did not have a permit.
He was transported to Auburn Memorial Hospital's emergency room for a mental health evaluation to decide if he should be held for 72 hours in the hospital's mental health ward. No one was injured by the gunfire. The downstairs neighbor was not home when the shot was fired. Police recovered two loaded handguns - a .40 caliber Daewoo and a .22 caliber Ruger - that were unregistered and for which Salva did not have a permit.