Dedrick
ANSONIA — An 18-year-old city resident was charged with second-degree assault with a firearm connected to a domestic dispute last month.
Silas Dedrick was also charged with second-degree assault, second-degree reckless endangerment, first-degree threatening, unlawful discharge of a weapon and altering the identification marks on a firearm. He was arrested using a warrant on Oct. 20 and was scheduled to appear in court yesterday (Oct. 23).
Dedrick, armed with a gun, tried to intervene in an altercation between his 47-year-old relative and her boyfriend on Sept. 17, according to a written statement from police.
“There was a struggle over the gun and the female was shot once in the arm,” police said.
The woman was treated and released from a local hospital.
The incident happened on Rockwood Avenue. Police said the gun didn’t have a serial number or identifying markings.
