Crime & Safety
Police Investigate 2 BB Gun Shootings after Woman Shot in Eye
The following information has been supplied by the Upper Providence Police Department. If arrests or charges are mentioned, they do not indicate guilt or a conviction.
The is investigating two separate incidents involving people being shot with BB guns over the past week.
A 15-year-old man was jogging in the area of Dog Kennel and E. Rose Tree roads at about 4:30 p.m. on July 11 when a small grey vehicle, with several men inside, approached the jogger from behind, according to Upper Providence Police Chief David Montella.
As the vehicle passed, a man in the back seat leaned out of the vehicle and shot the jogger in the neck with a BB gun, according to police.
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The BB was lodged in the jogger’s neck and had to be removed at a local hospital, according to police.
In a separate incident, a 28-year-old woman was in the parking lot of a station at N. Providence and Rose Tree roads at about 8:30 p.m. on July 17, when a man approached her from behind and asked if she had a cigarette, according to Montella.
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When the woman turned around she was shot in the eye with a BB gun, according to police.
The woman was treated at a local hospital for an eye injury, according to police.
If anyone witnessed either of the incidents or has knowledge of the people involved, you are urged to contact the Upper Providence Twp. Police Detective Division at 610-566-8445.
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