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Police investigating gunfire from vehicles in Hanover Township

Investigators believe someone fired from a car around 7 p.m. Sunday near West Division Street.

HANOVER TOWNSHIP, Pa. — Video taken from a surveillance camera shows a white vehicle passing by a home on West Division Street in Hanover Township.

After it gets out of the frame, gunshots can be heard.

13-year-old Shane Smith can be seen in that video, he was on his porch when the car went by.

“I was standing up and at first I just thought they were fireworks and then I looked around and I'm like nobody's outside,” said Smith. “And then I saw somebody with their hand out the window, just shooting at the cars out there.”

Hanover Township police posted the car on its Facebook page, saying the shooting happened around seven Sunday night in the area of West Division and Woodbury Streets.

Investigators say no one was injured.

Still Debbie Greene is very concerned about the children in her neighborhood.

“As soon as I heard it, I ran out because I was just looking out the window and some kids that were riding across the street. And I was like 'I hope they don't run into the street',” said Greene. “And then I sat back down and boom, boom, boom and the shots were fired.”

Hanover Township Police are also investigating a previous incident of shots fired from a vehicle. This was on Goeringer Avenue in the township.

Hanover Township police also posted a picture of that suspected car to its Facebook page, saying that happened around 2:15 Saturday morning on Goeringer Avenue.

Investigators don't believe the two shootings are connected, however these white vehicles were recorded at both locations.
No one was injured at that incident as well.

Hannah Morgans says if whoever is doing this is thinking that it's funny, it's not.

“So I'm like, it must just be like kids that, you know, are out having a good time and not realizing something can go through like they have kids right there,” said Morgans, pointed at her neighbors' houses. “There's a couple-month-old right here at this house, not realizing the damage a gun can do.”

****PRESS RELEASE**** Nature of Offense: Shots Fired from Vehicle Date: September 5, 2021 Time: 7:03 pm Location: ...

Posted by Hanover Township Police Department on Monday, September 6, 2021
Credit: WNEP

Anyone with information about either incidents is asked to contact police in Hanover Township at 570-825-1254.

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