Crime & Safety
Bullet Fired Into Woodbridge House Hits Television: Police
Two bullets were fired into an occupied house in Woodbridge early Thursday morning, with one bullet striking a television, police said.
WOODBRIDGE, VA — Two bullets were fired into an occupied house in Woodbridge early Thursday morning, with one of the bullets striking a television on the second floor. No injuries were reported in the shooting, the Prince William County Police Department said.
At 2:20 a.m. Thursday, police officers went to a residence in the 5200 block of Mantle Court to investigate a report of shots fired. The police officers located shell casings on the ground in front of the house that was struck.
The police determined that a bullet entered the home through a room on the second floor, struck a television and another wall before ending up in an adjacent room. A second bullet entered the house and was found in the wall of a room on the first floor.
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Residents reported seeing two unknown vehicles leaving the area shortly after the shots were fired.
Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to contact the Prince William County Police Department tipline at 703-792-7000 or submit a webtip to www.pwcgov.org/policetip.
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