MANITOWOC, WI (WTAQ) – Manitowoc police are investigating what they call a “concerning” pair of incidents.
Police were called to the 1500 block of S. 12th Street around 2 a.m. Tuesday.
A 17-year-old boy told officers his car had been shot at. Police determined that the car had been shot at 5 times; four bullets hit the back of the car and the fifth ricocheted off the roof.
This comes after another 17-year-old boy reported that his car was shot at several times in front of his home in the 1200 block of S. 24th Street early Monday morning.
“We don’t believe that, obviously, the public is in any immediately danger where these aren’t random acts,” says Capt. Larry Zimney of the Manitowoc Police Department. “They appear to be targeted to the 17-year-old victims.”
Zimney says the teens do know each other and luckily no one was hurt.
“One of the teens did indicate to us that he did owe a certain person a small amount of money,” Zimney says. “Certainly not anything that would trigger this kind of response for not paying up, so to speak. We’re looking into different things and verifying the stories of these individuals and take it from there.”
This type of behavior, Zimney says, is very concerning to police as it presents a danger to the public.
Anyone with information is asked to call Manitowoc police at (920) 686-6551. Anonymous tips may be left with Crime Stoppers at (920) 683-4466.
