Lauren Maxwell / KTVA
ANCHORAGE – Anchorage police are investigating more than a dozen vehicle vandalisms that started in the east part of town Monday afternoon and spread to midtown.
In all, there was hundreds of dollars worth of damage to the vehicles, said Anchorage Police Department spokesperson Jennifer Castro in a statement. Residents reported that it appeared that their car windows had been shot at.
The vandalism investigation started just after 2 p.m. Monday when a citizen in the area of Rosemary Street and East 20th Avenue told police their vehicle’s windows “appeared to have been shot out,” Castro wrote.
Less than half an hour later, APD dispatch received more calls from East Anchorage residents near Thunderbird Place who said their vehicle windows “had been shot out by what appeared to be a BB gun,” the police spokesperson said. Around 4:30 p.m., police received another call from a Nichols Street resident who said their vehicle’s windows had also been shot out by a BB or pellet gun.
Roughly three hours later — around 7:30 p.m., a citizen called Anchorage police and said “someone had just driven by their residence on Folker Street and shot at their home and vehicle,” Castro said.
Half an hour later, police received another drive-by shooting report from a caller in the area of South Tahiti Loop. The vehicle was described as “possibly a pickup truck,” Castro said.
There were more reports of vehicle windows being shot at in the Becharof Street and Rakof Avenue area.
APD asks people with information to contact the department at 786-8900 and press “0″ to talk to a dispatcher.
Courtesy APD
