Chesterfield Police Search Woods for Shooting Clues
The person responsible for firing a gun in the 24 Mile Road area could face a one-year misdemeanor charge.
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Chesterfield Township investigators combed a wooded area Tuesday where witnesses previously reported hearing gunfire.
The shots, heard by residents on Sams Lane north of 24 Mile Road near the woods, took place Sunday night. Around that time, a woman on Walnut south of 24 Mile reported to police that a bullet struck her house. No one was injured in the incident.
Chesterfield Township police said they believe the bullet traveled across the mile road and was not intended for anyone. Rather, they suspect one or multiple people were recklessly discharging firearms in the woods.
"By all witness accounts, it was far enough away where the house wasn't a target," Detective Sgt. Deron Myers said.
Investigators spent several hours in the wooded area in Chesterfield Township on Tuesday, searching for shell casings or other evidence of the shootings. Nothing turned up at the time, Myers said.
If convicted, the shooter could face up to one-year imprisonment for careless discharge causing property damage, he said.
Anyone with information is asked to call police at 586-949-2322.
Virginia Goleski
8:41 am on Thursday, August 9, 2012
I hope they catch the responsible person/people. This time it was a house, next time it could be a person.
Lilly
5:17 pm on Thursday, August 9, 2012
A MISDEMEANOR ?! Boy do we have some crappy laws ..what if that HIT someone !?
Dave
12:12 pm on Monday, August 27, 2012
You gotta be kidding.. chesterfield twp is investigating this? That's a first... you can hear gunfire all nite long in chesterfield twp.. and people setting off bombs all year round. They do nothing about those.. why are they investigating this one incident? Won't matter.. if it's chesterfield twp police... you can guarantee they won't do a real investigation. It must of been someone real important that reported it for them to have even taken a report of it.