Poughkeepsie man faces gun charges after shots fired

Rashawn Murdoch is now charged with criminal possession of a weapon.

News 12 Staff

Sep 7, 2021, 4:59 PM

Updated 1,206 days ago

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A 24-year-old man from Poughkeepsie is facing gun charges.
Police say they got a call about shots being fired from a car on Lent Street Sunday.
Officers later found the vehicle with two men inside and confiscated a gun from one of them, according to police.
Rashawn Murdoch is now charged with criminal possession of a weapon.
The incident happened on the same street a teen boy was shot last week. Police say the 17-year-old was shot in the wrist outside his home on Lent Street. He is expected to make a full recovery.