Jun 19, 2024

Unknown suspect fires shots near apartment complex, shatters window early Tuesday

Posted Jun 19, 2024 2:09 PM

By OLIVIA BERGMEIER
Lead Reporter - Salina Post

Early Tuesday morning, a young family called Salina Police Department (SPD) officers after hearing three to four gunshots outside their apartment, and one shot caused the family's window to shatter.

Around 2:20 a.m. at 737 Fairdale Road, a 23-year-old Salina man with his 24-year-old wife and 1-year-old child reported that while sleeping in their bedroom, the family heard rounds of gunshots.

"He heard multiple gunshots, and then his window shattered," said SPD Capt. James Feldman. "Looks like he may have been on the second floor, and then the vehicle sped off."

Feldman said the victim reported that he did not have any quarrels with anyone in town, and didn't understand why someone would drive to the apartment complex and shoot a few rounds from a gun.

SPD officers scanned the area for shell casings or rounds of ammunition but didn't find anything in or around the apartments.

"There were other subjects in the apartment complex who had also heard the gunshots," Feldman said. "No shell casings were found in the area, so we don't have much on that. No car description or anything like that."

SPD officers continue investigating the crime.

Salina Post will update the story as more information becomes available.

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