LITITZ, Pa. — A Lancaster County man is facing potential charges after police say he fired a projectile into the nursery of a neighbor's home—while a baby slept in the room—during his attempt to shoot a squirrel.
The investigation began when a homeowner contacted authorities after a neighbor told her they'd heard a noise that sounded like a gunshot, police said. The woman went into the nursery of her home to check on her child, and noticed debris on the floor and a hole in the room's drywall.
As she removed her sleeping child from a crib in the room, the homeowner discovered new damage to the crib caused by a projectile that had been fired into the room, authorities said.
The child was not injured, according to police.
Investigators processed the scene and interviewed neighbors in the area, police said.
A neighbor who lived nearby allegedly admitted to shooting at a squirrel during the same timeframe of the reported incident, according to police.
The same thing happened elsewhere back in December:
EAST GRAND FORKS, Minn. — A man was reportedly shooting at a squirrel in East Grand Forks, Minnesota, when a bullet went through a child’s bedroom window.
A 76-year-old man was arrested on Sunday by East Grand Forks Police Department officers when his neighbor reported some bullet holes in the side of their house and a hole in their son’s bedroom window, according to The Associated Press.
The man allegedly told officers that he was watching sports on television when he noticed a squirrel in his bird feeder, the EGFPD said, according to the AP. He told officers he allegedly shot his .22 caliber rifle from his bedroom window, believing that he hit the animal.
The only thing that can stop a Bad Guy With A Gun shooting wildly at random small rodents and neighboring properties is a Good Sleeping Baby With A Gun.
Or even better:
