Police are investigating an incident in which windows on a minivan were smashed in a central Salina neighborhood Wednesday night.
An officer was sent to the 500 block of S. Phillips Street at approximately 11 p.m. Wednesday after a witness called police to report someone breaking his neighbor's vehicle windows. The witness saw a white male wearing a white shirt hitting the windows of a 2009 Chrysler Town and Country minivan belonging to Mark Smith, 69, of Salina, according to Salina Police Captain Paul Forrester.
After breaking the windows, the man ran north on S. Phillips Street and then east on Morrison Avenue.
The windshield of the minivan had three holes in it and all three driver-side windows were shattered. It appeared that the windshield may have been struck with a hammer, Forrester reported. Damage was estimated at $1,500.