Wednesday, October 17, 2018
WARREN
Kevin A. Putnam, 39, of Maryland Street Northeast pleaded not guilty today in Warren Municipal Court to felony receiving stolen property and discharging a firearm in prohibited places after reportedly shooting himself in the hand early Tuesday.
Police were called to the 2000 block of North Feederle Avenue Southeast at 4:46 a.m. and found Putnam in a recliner with a gunshot wound of the hand.
Putnam said he was sitting in a chair, felt a gun underneath him, reached for it and it went off accidentally. A bullet appeared to be lodged in the ceiling, and there was blood on the ceiling. The gun was reported stolen from Girard.
Police removed the gun, which was beneath Putnam. Ambulance workers took him to St. Joseph Warren Hospital, where he was in stable condition. He was going later to St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital for surgery, police said.
Putnam was released on a personal recognizance bond, meaning he didn’t have to pay anything.