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PORTLAND, Ore. — It wasn’t until the nurse in the emergency room lifted a phone and said, “We’ve got a gunshot victim,” that Sandra Howell understood why her arm hurt so much.
Portland police said she was wounded by a gun that discharged when a neighbor tossed it on his bed. The bullet pierced the wall separating their apartments.
Howell said she woke up about 3:30 a.m. Sunday.
“I heard a pop and then felt the pain and burning in my arm,” the 46-year-old said.
The .38-caliber bullet had hit her in the left shoulder and lodged in her biceps.
The neighbor, Alvert Prince O’Neal Jr., 45, was arraigned Monday on charges of third-degree assault, recklessly endangering another and being a felon in possession of a firearm.
