HARRISBURG—Reports are coming in this evening of some overt vandalism occurring in the late night/overnight hours last night, May 8 through this morning, May 9, 2013.
Our sources are indicating that it appears that windows were shot out with a high-powered BB gun at several locations in the ‘burg, including Suzie’s Laundry at 701 North Main, the Dollar General Store at 1107 North Main, the side of a house in the vicinity of the two businesses on North Main and a truck that was parked in front of the house, and other vehicles parked on that street.
Best estimates have it that the shoot-up began at some point in time between 9-10 p.m., and possibly continued into the early morning hours.
Business owners were busy cleaning up the glass this morning upon opening (which at Suzie’s was 7 a.m.), so apparently this went unnoticed by authorities throughout the night.
The man whose truck windows were shot out told sources that he had to go to work at midnight last night, and when he got up to go to work, the windows were busted.
Customers at Suzie’s said that this morning, when the new owner and employees were cleaning up the glass, they saw what looked like “little pings in the glass that hadn’t shattered” as well as “lots of broken glass.” No customers were aware that there were any BBs being swept up, but it’s not clear whether anyone thought to ask at the time, as the employees were fairly busy dealing with the mess. The police reportedly told those at Suzie’s that whoever did this “shot up this end of town.”
The homeowner advised sources that he believed it was a BB gun because at the locations where the house was hit, nothing went through and into the house.
More as we get it; keep checking back.
Location of Suzie’s Laundry…and the damage went north from there.