Overview
- Police say a 36-year-old woman extended a handgun from her car and fired three shots into the air at Willowdale Beach on Lake Mascuppic during an argument on Sunday evening.
- Witnesses and officers found a shell casing at the beach and later identified the driver as Jessica Morrow of Dracut.
- Tyngsboro officers located a black Honda CRV outside a Parham Road bar and took Morrow into custody without incident while a K9 unit recovered a loaded Glock 9mm from nearby bushes.
- Morrow was charged with discharging a firearm within 500 feet of a building, carrying a firearm without a license, disturbing the peace, and having an unregistered vehicle, and she pleaded not guilty Monday in Lowell District Court.
- Lake Mascuppic is a 217-acre recreation site that draws heavy summer crowds, and the incident highlights public safety risks of firearms at busy beaches and could lead to increased local enforcement or prosecution focus.