Police Warn Against Celebratory Gunfire On New Year’s Eve

(CBS Local) — Police across the country are reminding people that it is illegal and extremely dangerous to fire celebratory gunshots into the air to bring in the new year.
Although rare, people being shot by celebratory gunfire on New Year’s Eve and other holidays like the Fourth of July does happen, prompting police and ballistics experts to caution people that bullets fired into the air can have serious consequences.
“What goes up must come down, and the results are tragic wh