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Iowa man accused of shooting hotel water pipe, flooding two floors

A man has been charged after Sioux City police say he shot a water pipe in a hotel room, flooding two floors.
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SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — A man has been charged after Sioux City police say he shot a water pipe in a hotel room, flooding two floors.

Sgt. Scott Hatting says 30-year-old Brett Anderson was inside a Super 8 Hotel room Friday when he accidentally fired his gun. Hatting says a water pipe was struck, causing water to flood the first and second floors. No injuries were reported.

Anderson was arrested and charged with reckless use of a firearm, the Sioux City Journal reports. It was not immediately clear if Anderson has an attorney.

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