Cliff Buchan
News EditorA pair of shooting incidents are under investigation in Forest Lake. One incident involved a house being struck by a gunshot, Police Chief Clark Quiring said.
On Monday, Quiring said police were called to the 9200 block of 227th St. Ct. N. where a homeowner reported finding a bullet hole in his home.
The homeowner had been gone for four days and returned to find the damage, the chief said. Investigators said a bullet of yet-to-be-determined caliber struck the north side of the homeownerís garage, passed through the garage, entered the kitchen and continued down a hallway where it hit a bedroom wall.
No one was at home at the time of the incident, the chief said.
In the second gun incident, a homeowner living near July Ave. N. and 180th St. N. reported to police on Sept. 5 that someone was shooting near the home and scaring horses on the property.
Quiring said police talked to both parties and turned the matter over to conservation officers from the Department of Natural Resources for resolution. The incident may have involved .22 caliber target practice or shotguns with the early metro goose season, the chief said.
Other reports
The long Labor Day weekend also led to a busy weekend for police who responded to numerous domestic incidents and other crime reports.
A series of vehicle break-ins were received by city officers.
Officers were called to the parking lots at Applebeeís, 335 SW 12th St. and Country Inn & Suites, 1954 W. Broadway Ave. on Monday where vehicles had been entered and personal items stolen.
Officers were also called to 1056 Apartment Lane the same day where a truck owner reported a break-in and theft of carpenter tools.
At 3:30 a.m. Sunday, officers assisted police in Chisago County when a fight was reported on I-35 at the Stacy exit. Forest Lake officers assisted Wyoming Police Department officers until deputies from Chisago County arrived.
Three individuals were arrested, Quiring said.
Damage estimated at $1000 was reported to a vehicle at 11:45 p.m. Sunday when the vehicle struck a landscaping rock that had been rolled into North Shore Trail N. near N. 219th St. Quiring said vandals rolled four of the large rocks onto the roadway causing the accident.
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