County has second drive-by shooting in week

A hail of gunshots broke the still, night air on Spring Valley Road Thursday morning as a drive-by shooter opened fire on the home of two elderly ladies, one of the women in her 90s.

“There was absolutely no reason for this,” said Sheriff Jackie Matheny of the drive-by. “The only thing we can assume is this was a random act, or a case of mistaken identity.”

The incident happened after 1 a.m. Thursday, near Spring Valley Road’s intersection with Bybee Branch Road when the victims reported hearing shots ring out. Since they live outside the city limits, the women thought nothing else about it until the morning when they found their home riddled with bullet holes.

Neither of the women were injured, nor was significant damage inflicted to the home, although the sheriff said both women are very scared by the revelation their house was the target of gunfire.

“It appears to be some type of handgun,” Matheny said. “There was a hole in the garage door, one in a hub cap and one in the sheet rock of the garage.”

The shooting is the second drive-by shooting in Warren County this week as a home was shot into on Clark Boulevard Tuesday. The drive-bys are not believed to be related.