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Harassed Woman Shot By Pellet

A Coeur d'Alene woman who reports she is constantly harassed by neighbors on the third floor of her apartment building on Spurwing, off East Hanley Avenue, was shot in the chest by a pellet Sunday afternoon. She believes one of her harassers shot her after she put sugar in her bird feeder in the back yard. According to CPD Blue reports, the woman told police that the males have spit through the cracks in the wood of the patio above and dropped cigarette butts trying to hit her. She said the males regularly have taunted her and often shoot their pellet guns from the balcony. Following one incident, she called the police only to be told by one of the males afterward: "This ain't over (expletive deleted)." She reported she heard laughing from the males apartment after she was shot. But all the males claimed innocence when they were confronted by police. The pellet left a black bruise about the size of a quarter on her left breast. Police confiscated the males' pellet gun, pellets on the ground below the apartment, and one pellet in the area the woman was shot.

Question: What can/should be done about this situation?

 



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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