GREEN TOWNSHIP, OH – A game of “ding-dong-ditch” almost became deadly after a man grabbed a gun and fired several rounds at four minors as they sped away from his home in Green Township west of Cincinnati, court documents show.
The minors told Green Township police officers that they “banged on the front door of the residence” on the 6000 block of Starvue Drive April 4. Then, they ran back to their car.
Court documents state Yarvis Lewis Godfrey, 33, grabbed a gun and fired multiple shots at the minors as they drove past his house. No injuries were noted in the documents.
Officers who responded to the shooting found a bullet hole in the trunk of the kids’ black Kia Rio and in the siding of two nearby, occupied homes, court documents state. Officers also said they found a .45 caliber shell casing in the roadway by the scene.
Police then got a warrant to search Godfrey’s home and found a .45 caliber black semi-automatic pistol with a green laser on the front sight of the firearm, the documents state. The search warrant was signed by Hamilton County Municipal Court Judge Michael Peck.
Godfrey was taken into custody by the Green Township Police April 4. He allegedly told police he was trying to shoot at the vehicle’s tires.
Godfrey is charged with felonies for assault and two counts of improperly discharging a firearm at or into a habitation.
He was not listed as being in custody at the Hamilton County Jail as of about noon April 5.
This story was updated because an earlier version included an inaccuracy.
This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: Man fires gun at kids after ‘ding-dong ditch’ game, police say
Reporting by Jolene Almendarez, Cincinnati Enquirer / Cincinnati Enquirer
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