WASHINGTON — Police don’t know why bullets were fired into two more occupied Prince William County, Virginia, homes over the weekend, but they know more than one gun was used.
Police say on Sunday a Woodbridge man heard what he thought was fireworks. The next day he discovered bullet holes in a wall in his Stockholm Way home.
A day earlier, a homeowner on Lindendale Road in Woodbridge found bullet holes in a wall and a parked car.
Prince William County police public information officer Nathan Probus says investigators won’t reveal the caliber of bullet casings found, because that detail would be used in future prosecutions.
However, Probus says “there was one or two locations where we found another caliber in the same proximity.”
Knowing that more than one weapon was used doesn’t necessarily clarify what happened, Probus says, since the gunfire could be a result of two shooters firing together at a home, or two shooters firing at each other, or one person firing more than one weapon.
“We really don’t know,” Probus acknowledges. “We really don’t have any reason to believe they’re connected.”
He says he hopes residents who hear loud noises call 911 immediately, rather than waiting until the next day.
In addition, after each shooting incident, police canvass neighbors to determine who heard what or if homes have security cameras.
While not discounting the possibility that one or more person is responsible for all of the shots fired into homes, Probus notes the incidents have happened at different times of day.
This makes seven shooting incidents into occupied homes in the county in the past few months. In February, bullets hit five homes in the area of Banjo Court in Woodbridge. Nobody has been hurt.
