Crime & Safety
Police Department Gets Call About Kids Shooting Squirrels
The following information was supplied by the Stow Police Department.
An anonymous caller told that someone was shooting squirrels with a BB gun in the backyard of a home at the 2000 block of Echo Road.
Police found two seventh grade boys with BB gun rifles.
Officers said the boys admitted to shooting trees and targets in the backyard, but not squirrels.
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The rifle was taken away by one of the kid’s father. The dad gave the boys permission to shoot at the targets, according to the report.
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