In the past couple of years, police in Santaquin, Utah have recorded six incidents of new homes and cars damaged by stray bullets.
The bullets are believed to be from target shooters on nearby shooting ranges owned by the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources. In recent years, new subdivisions have grown up around these once-isolated ranges.
Incidents include a bullet found in a backyard, another flying through a bedroom, and a third damaging a neighborhood pickup truck. While no one has been injured, residents want a solution in place before this occurs.
Many target shooters are responsible and check to make sure there’s nothing important on the other side of where they are shooting. This could either be a case of not realizing there are new homes in the area or shooters who aren’t as responsible.
Just this past Monday, Santaquin city leaders contacted the DWR about possibly putting up no shooting signs or come up with a plan to make sure no more houses are hit with stray bullets.
