LORAIN — Police in Lorain were busy responding to multiple reports of gunfire shattering windows overnight, according to reports.

Lorain police Sgt. Mark Carpentiere said he didn’t know if the incidents are related but said “we’re looking into that possibly.”

Police confiscated a pellet gun used in one incident and found a bullet in another, so the weapons, at least, are not the same.

Police were flagged down by a citizen in the area of West 10th Street and Washington Avenue shortly after midnight. The individual told officers he or she had heard a shot fired and glass shattering and observed a red Ford Escort or similar vehicle with at least three black males in it leaving the area.

Officers located a blue Ford Explorer parked behind 1016 W. 10th St. with a shattered black window. Officers made contact with the vehicle’s owner but could not locate the red suspect vehicle.

Less than 20 minutes later, officers were called to 1928 Lexington Ave. The caller told police she was sleeping and awoke to her children yelling that someone had shot the house. Police found a top pane in a window shattered.

The woman said her daughter heard male voices immediately after the shot was fired. Officers found a black and silver carbon-dioxide-powered pellet gun outside the home near the broken window, according to the report.

At 1:20 a.m., officers were called to 1059 W. 11th St. and met with victims who said their car window was shot out while they were driving in the area of Leavitt and Meister roads.

The victims said they were northbound on Leavitt after leaving the 7-Eleven. They said a small dark car was behind them, and a two-tone pickup truck was southbound but did a U-turn and pulled up behind then shortly before their vehicle’s back window was shattered.

Both vehicles then took off, they said.

Officers found a slug in a rear passenger seat and observed a dent that appeared to be from another bullet in the rear quarter panel of the car.

“We don’t believe that these incidents are random,” Carpentiere said when asked if citizens should be particularly concerned. “Obviously, if someone is shooting a gun, innocent people could be hurt, but we don’t believe these are people shooting at people they don’t know.”

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