WESTFIELD – Several vehicles and two houses were struck with BBs Tuesday afternoon.
Shortly before 3 p.m. Tuesday afternoon, police received a call from a driver who was reporting vandalism to a motor vehicle in the vicinity of 175 Pontoosic Road.
Police received a second call about an hour later, just before 4 p.m. Tuesday, of motor vehicle vandalism. The caller reported that his vehicle had been struck with a BB around 2 p.m. while he was traveling on Pontoosic Road towards Southwick.
The driver told police that paint was taken off the vehicle and there is a dent below one of the windows, according to police logs.
Just past 4 p.m., police received a call reporting suspicious activity at 182 Pontoosic Road. A resident told police his house had been struck with BBs.
The resident reported that a garage light was shot out and a window was shot out, according to police logs. Westfield Police Capt. Michael McCabe said one window was shot at least six times.
After studying the trajectory of the shots, police officers went to a neighboring house where a 14-year-old teen answered the door, according to McCabe.
Officers spoke to the 14-year-old and another juvenile in the presence of one of the teen’s mothers, and the boys admitted they own and were operating a BB gun, but “just shooting indiscriminately and playing a game,” McCabe said.
The parents of both juveniles agreed to pay restitution to the two homeowners, so McCabe said the department will not be pressing charges, which would be felonies, at this time.
“If restitution is satisfied, then no criminal charges will be filed,” said McCabe.
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