ROCKAWAY TOWNSHIP, New Jersey (AP) -- The Army is suspending outdoor weapons testing at a northern New Jersey base after a wayward artillery shell fragment crashed through the roof of a home miles away, fatally injuring a pet cat, the base's commanding officer said Saturday.
Picatinny ????nal officials will investigate how a 2-pound (0.91-kilogram) piece of artillery fired from the base ended up crashing through the roof of a Jefferson Township home Friday afternoon, Brig. Gen. William N. Phillips said in a statement.
The hot metal landed on the bed of Cheryl Angle's 10-year-old daughter. The girl was not home, but the family cat was injured and had to be euthanized.
Phillips said he visited the home Friday night and apologized.