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RIVERTON -- Police are investigating an episode of vandalism that occurred in Riverton on Sept. 5.
Jeanine Erickson was driving north on 2700 West near Bangerter Highway when her back passenger window was shot out.
"There was a white double-cab truck behind us," said Erickson. "When they passed us, we heard a crash, and a piece of glass flew right past my head. I looked behind me and the window was just shattered."
Erickson said she and her husband, Bruce, called the police and waited before opening the car door. "There was a bullet hole in the window and spider webbing," she said. "We opened the door and the entire window just fell out in a million pieces."
Investigators at the Unified Police Department do not believe the episode was a part of a pattern.
Why would someone do that?
–Jeannine Erickson
"This seems to be a one-time incident," said Unified Police Lt. Justin Hoyle. "We haven't had reports of other windows being shot out in the area."
"In some instances, it's hard to say if the window was actually shot out," Hoyle added. "It could have been hit by a rock or another object."
Hoyle said there were episodes of vandalism to cars overnight two weeks ago along Redwood Road between 12000 South and 13000 South in Riverton. The cars in this incident, however, were vacant, and there seems to be no connection between the two episodes.
Some glass technicians in the area said they had not heard of customers having their windows shot out.
"I haven't heard of a significant increase in windows being replaced. Every day we see someone in here because kids are throwing rocks in the streets or playing with BB guns," said Troy Mason, founder of Techna Glass.
Erickson hopes it was a one-time occurrence.
"I'm just glad no one was sitting in the back seat," said Erickson. "We have tinted windows so they wouldn't have been able to tell. Why would someone do that?"
