During the town of Alto’s city council meeting, the town’s police chief Josh Ivey reported that someone had shot at the police department’s door with a BB gun on July 7.
An Alto officer discovered three small holes in the window tint of the shattered glass door before the office opened. The officer also found BB pellets on the ground inside the department building, Ivey said.
“You can actually see [the shooting] happen on video, but the person is just out of range of the camera,” he said. Ivey confirmed that a suspect is under investigation for the incident.
The door was replaced shortly after the incident, costing around $400, according to Ivey.
This is not the first time an Alto city property door has been damaged recently. The little free library in Alto City Park was recently damaged both by BB pellets and by someone ripping the library door completely off its hinges.
“Both instances at the park were on video,” Ivey said. “We were not able to determine who shot at the library, but we were able to determine who tore off the door.”
The suspect who tore off the door was described as a juvenile frustrated with his girlfriend who took out his anger on the library.
No other information is known about the incidents at this time.
