Sep 02, 2020

Police investigating incident in which shots were fired into car

Posted Sep 02, 2020 12:32 PM

A car was damaged when multiple gunshots were fired into it early Tuesday morning in central Salina.

Officers were sent to the area of South Second Street and East Prescott Avenue at approximately 1 a.m. Tuesday for the report of possible gunshots, according to Salina Police Captain Paul Forrester. At that time, the officers did not locate evidence of gunshots, he noted.

At 9 a.m. on Tuesday, a 25-year-old Salina woman called to report that there were several bullet holes in her 2017 Ford Fusion that was parked near her apartment in that same area, Forrester reported. Four bullet holes were located in the passenger side of the car and a single .380 shell casing was located in the grass, he noted.

The woman told police she thought she heard gunshots outside her apartment at approximately 2 a.m., Forrester explained.

Damage to the car was estimated at $1,000, he added.