Crime & Safety
Squirrel Shooter Arrested After Bullet Breaks Child's Window
The man told officers he had been watching ball games on television and noticed a squirrel on his bird feeder, according to police.
December 10, 2022
A 76-year-old Minnesota man is facing criminal charges because he was shooting at a squirrel and a bullet went through a child's bedroom window in a neighboring home.
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East Grand Forks Police said they arrested the man Sunday after his neighbor reported some bullet holes in the siding of their home and a hole in the window of their son's bedroom.
The man told officers he had been watching ball games on television and noticed a squirrel on his bird feeder, according to police. He told officers he shot a .22-caliber rifle from his bedroom window at the squirrel and believed he hit the animal.
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