Washington man shoots fridge after soda can explodes

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a Yakima, Wash. man is under arrest after he shot at his refrigerator, believing someone was shooting at him after a soda can exploded.

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Officers responded to the scene on Saturday after receiving reports that the man had opened fire at a refrigerator.

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When police arrived, they say they found the man outside the home in an alleyway, "yelling incoherently" with a gun lying in the middle of the road.

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The man had been placing soda cans into the fridge when one exploded, police say. He immediately pulled the pistol out of his waistband and fired a round into the bottom of the fridge.

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The man later told police in an interview that the people who live in the basement wanted to kill him and that they had shot at him, so he fired in self-defense.

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Investigators also say there is no one that lives in the basement below the man, and that, in fact, there is no basement at all.

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