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<p>WHITE HAVEN &#8212; Borough police charged an 18-year-old man after he allegedly shot a friend while playing video games Wednesday night.</p><p>Alexander Nico Nowinski was arrested after being awakened by an officer who attempted to interview him at his residence on Susquehanna Street, according to court records.</p><p>Police allege Nowinski was in possession of a pistol when a round was discharged, striking John Joseph Brescia in the lower left buttocks. The shooting occurred in a bedroom of a residence on Barry Lane.</p><p>According to the criminal complaint:</p><p>An officer responded to Lehigh Valley Hospital just after 10:30 p.m. when Brescia was being treated for a gunshot wound to his buttocks.</p><p>Brescia told the officer he was sitting on a bed and identified Nowinski and three other friends in the bedroom. He claimed he was &#8220;chilling out&#8221; with friends while Nowinski had a silver 1911 pistol in his lap when he was shot.</p><p>Brescia claimed he did not know why or what caused Nowinski to shoot him.</p><p>After sustaining the gunshot wound, Brescia told police he went home, showered and had his mother drive him to the hospital, the complaint says.</p><p>Trent Kelly told police he was hanging out with friends in his bedroom playing video games. Kelly said Nowinski sat in a chair playing with a gun on his lap when he heard a &#8220;loud pop,&#8221; and noticed Brescia was shot.</p><p>Kelly noted everyone panicked and tried to help Brescia. He claimed Nowinski picked up the bullet off the bed and said, &#8220;I&#8217;m going to give this to him as a joke,&#8221; the complaint says.</p><p>The officer went to Nowinski&#8217;s residence and upon awakening Nowinski, his father told him to keep his mouth shut and not say a word. Nowinski refused to answer questions about the shooting.</p><p>Nowinski&#8217;s father told the officer several times the gun was in the river but then said that information was off the record, the complaint says.</p><p>Nowinski was arraigned Thursday by District Judge Ferris Peter Webby Sr. in Luzerne County Central Court on four counts of recklessly endangering another person. He was jailed at the county correctional facility for lack of $5,000 bail.</p><style>
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<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Ed Lewis</p><p>elewis@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div>

White Haven teen charged with shooting friend in buttocks