(WJET/WFXP) — A City of Erie teenager is facing extensive criminal charges, and a warrant has been issued for another person after police said several shots were fired into a house party early Sunday morning that led to a police chase.
According to the criminal complaint, Erie police responded to shots fired in the 4400 block of Schaper Avenue around 3:36 a.m. on Sunday and found 21 shellcasings outside the home, two of which struck the home that had 12 people inside at the time. Ten of which were juveniles and two were adults.
Witnesses told police two people got out of a blue sedan before firing at the home, with police saying security footage showed the two get out of the car holding AR-style rifles, one of which was later identified as 18-year-old Brendon Hall of Erie.
Police said Hall was at the party earlier, but left after an argument, only to return with the other unnamed individual, saying Hall was wearing the same clothes in the video as when he was spotted by police and arrested.
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Later Sunday morning, around 5 a.m., Erie police said they spotted a blue BMW sedan matching the description of the one from the shooting at a gas station on the corner of East 6th and Ash streets.
Police said when they pulled up behind them at the pumps, the driver took off and went south on Parade Street at over 100 mph, and a chase ensued that extended all the way up to the 2400 block, when the two people in the car jumped out and ran in different directions.
A search perimeter was set up while the car was searched, with police saying they found a Glock pistol with an extended magazine inside. No other firearms were listed in the criminal complaint.
Hall was spotted around 5:17 a.m. with police saying he was wearing the same clothes as the shooter and was taken into custody. Erie police told us they cannot release the name of the other suspect at this time, but a warrant has been issued.
Later that same morning, police said they received a call about the BMW sedan, claiming it was stolen by one of the two.
Hall has been charged with 13 counts each of felony 1 and felony 2 aggravated assault, 21 counts of discharging a firearm into an occupied structure, along with 12 counts of misdemeanor reckless endangerment and one count of possession of a weapon and summary gun charges for the shooting.
He’s also been charged with felony receiving stolen property, evading arrest, flight to avoid apprehension, prohibited possession of a firearm, carrying a firearm without a license and more summary traffic charges.
He’s being held in the Erie County Prison on $350,000 bail for the two cases and is set to appear in court on February 25 for the shooting case.
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