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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?

 

11 comments on this post so far. Add yours!
  • Escapee on May 11 at 1:40 p.m.

    First Eviction. Then Straight to Jail. There’s no excuse for harrassment like that.

  • hhuseland on May 11 at 1:54 p.m.

    If it was a pellet gun and not a BB gun, it would have to be considered a deadly weapon, depending how far it was pumped up. At the very least, it is assault, and should be prosecuted. If more than one person were in volved, then they are all accessories and bear equal guilt.

  • hhuseland on May 11 at 1:55 p.m.

    signing off until the t-storm passes thru

  • tarynahecker on May 11 at 2:38 p.m.

    Well, I’d just be happy to have a breast the size of a quarter.

  • JeanieSpokane on May 11 at 2:42 p.m.

    Taryn! I burst out laughing!!!! Too funny.

  • spokelooneh on May 11 at 2:42 p.m.

    Now that there’s actual evidence of assault and battery, if not ADW, cops should stake it out. If they see another arrestable crime happen, grab up the three, and get one to rat out the others on the ADW incident.

    If the cops won’t do a stake-out, the woman mount a camera, hidden if possible, to catch the next incident. Tell the cops in advance about that.

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