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PROVO — A Utah County woman says she's stuck with a $600 bill to fix her car window after someone shot it with a BB gun.
It happened Tuesday evening, before sunset at the busy intersection of Freedom Boulevard near University Parkway. Tristin was coming to a stop at a traffic light when she heard something hit her car, followed by the sound of glass breaking. At first, she couldn't make sense of what was happening. She's glad the shot didn't cause her to crash.
"With how close it was, how close they were shooting from, if my window had been down more I would be in the hospital right now," Tristin said.
As Tristin showed us pictures of her shattered car window, she still had a hard time believing someone shot a BB gun at her.
Police said there are no cameras that caught the shooting. Tristin has no idea who did it.
"We're not totally sure if it was (someone in) a car or someone in the bushes," she said.
One thing is for sure though.
"It's not a prank, it's not funny," said Provo police spokeswoman Jana-Lee Holland.
Officers say, right now, this appears to be an isolated incident, but they do want to catch the person responsible.
"The glass could have shattered, injuries could have happened. The driver could have caused an accident, that type of thing. So the consequences are often unknown," Holland said.
Tristin is relieved it didn't end in tragedy, but she is frustrated.
"I don't think it's malicious," she said. "It's just dumb enough to be hurtful."
And expensive.
"Just a $600 fee out of nowhere, and you hope you don't get shot again," she said.
