A second-year male Penn Law student was arrested today after he fired 13-15 shots into the door of his downstairs neighbors' apartment at 4339 Pine Street, Lt. John Walker of the Philadelphia Police said.
The Penn student - whose name will not be released until he is arraigned - is being charged with aggravated assault, simple assault, burglary and other related charges.
No one was injured in the incident.
At around 12:30 p.m. today, the Penn student attempted to enter the apartment of his neighbors, two male Drexel University students, Walker said.
After the Drexel students did not answer their door, the Penn student returned to his apartment, retrieved a Glock 9-mm handgun and fired about 15 shots into the locked door.
When the Penn student entered the apartment, only one Drexel student was inside, Walker said. The Drexel student remained hiding behind his bed the entire time the Penn student was in the apartment.
The Penn student did not find the Drexel student, who escaped the incident unharmed, Walker said.
The Penn student then left the building. He was apprehended by the police when he returned to the building at around 12:45 p.m.
He attempted to assault the Drexel students because he believed that they were spying on him, Walker said.
This belief was spurred by a conversation that occurred yesterday morning in which the Penn student learned that the two Drexel students were from India and studying biomedical engineering, Walker said.
The Penn student, who is Korean, became "irate" that the Drexel students were studying here after he learned they were from India, Walker said.
