At least seven drivers' car windows have been shot out while driving along quiet two-lane roads in Collin County over the last several weeks.
The Collin County Sheriff’s Office is working with local law enforcement to track down the shooter who they believe is using a BB or pellet gun.
According to the sheriff’s office, the shootings happened from Feb. 17 to March 9 between the hours of 7 and 11:30 p.m.
Four reported incidents occurred along Country Club Road in Lucas. Two others were reported near the intersection of Country Club and Stacy roads in Fairview. A third was also reported to Fairview Police Feb. 23.
No injuries have been reported so far.
Jessica Oatis was driving along Parker Road last Monday when she saw a flash of light, heard a loud pop and then felt shards of glass fall all over her arms.
"The bullet came through my window right here, so it would've just gone in front of my face," Oatis said.
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But her first thought was to her backseat.
"A split second later and it could have come and hit my 4-year-old baby," Oatis said. She believes a passing pickup truck shot out her driver’s side window on the two-lane road.
For Lauren Simmons, it was her back windshield — and her sense of security — that was shattered. She was leaving her parent's home in Allen and making her routine drive back home on Lucas Road. She was passing through the intersection of Country Club Road when she heard the loud pop.
"It made me jump, but I was lucky I didn't swerve," she Simmons.
Ditches and culverts line the roads and Oatis and Simmons fear the next victim could be seriously hurt or killed by a pellet or by driving off the road.
"It's scary," Simmons said. "I don’t know when I’ll be able to drive on that road again."
Anyone with information is asked to call the Collin County Sheriff’s Office at 972-547-5100.
