Drive-by shooting targets Mass. home; police ask public to help identify suspect
Police are asking the public to help them identify a suspect in a drive-by shooting that targeted a Dracut home early Saturday morning.
Dracut police were called to a home on Varnum Road near Robert Street for a report of gunfire around 4:25 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 23, Dracut police said in a press release Thursday. At the scene, officers found a dozen spent shell casings scattered across the road in the area.
Soon, a nearby homeowner told police that several bullets had struck their home, police said. Four bullets were found on the dining room floor and in an upstairs hallway, but the homeowner did not report any injuries resulting from the shooting.
Officers were called back to the area for a report of possible gunfire around 8:20 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 25, but did not find any shell casings or property damage, police said. It is unclear if the two incidents are related.
While investigating the incident, police recovered security video that showed that the gunfire in the first incident came from a light-colored sedan that drove past the home, but the video is low quality and doesn't clearly show the vehicle's identifying characteristics, police said. Even so, police have shared the video with the public in the hopes of garnering additional information about the suspect vehicle.
Dracut police ask that anyone with information about either incident call them at 978-957-2123.
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