June 1, 2005, 10:08AM
Shooting at wasp nest, neighbor hits boy in bed
By RUTH RENDON
Copyright 2005 Houston Chronicle
A 5-year-old Pasadena boy was injured while sleeping in his bedroom today when a bullet fired by a neighbor to break up a wasp's nest strayed and struck the boy.
Pasadena police spokesman Sgt. J.M. Baird said Romeo Gonzalez, 18, was in his second-floor apartment at 3637 Shaver shortly after midnight when he decided to shoot at a wasp's nest hanging from a nearby tree.
Romeo loaded a 12-gauge shotgun and fired at the wasp's nest. The shotgun pellet Gonzalez fired entered a first-floor bedroom where David Marban was sleeping, striking him in the thigh, Baird said.
The boy's in the hospital but is reportedly doing well
Gonzalez is charged with deadly conduct and is being held in the Harris County Jail in lieu of $5,000 bond, Baird said.
Due to erroneous police reports, an earlier online version of this story mistakenly reported the boy had been killed.
Heh... so it was the POLICE report that goofed, not the reporter.... how convenient.