VANDALS SHOOT WINDOWS

Twenty-three incidents of vehicle windows damaged with either a BB gun or pellet gun were reported to Cape Girardeau police Tuesday.

The reports of broken windows began coming in at 6:23 Tuesday and continued until after noon.

The incidents were reported across the city. In most cases, side windows were shot, either on the driver and passenger side. A few windshields also were damaged.

Reports were received on Missouri, North Sprigg, Perry Avenue, North Main, Belleridge Pike, North Henderson, West Cape Rock Drive, Perryville Road, Amblewood Drive, Park Drive, Kevin and Butler.

In another property damage incident discovered Tuesday, two swastikas were painted on the likeness of Rush Limbaugh on the River Heritage Mural in downtown Cape Girardeau. The mural had been vandalized on one previous occasion, Sgt. Carl Kinnison of the Cape Girardeau Police Department said.

Reports of windows being shot out are not uncommon, Kinnison said, "but it has been a little while since we had this many in one evening."

Kinnison said the police need the people's help of seeing a suspicious vehicle Monday night in the neighborhood of where the property damage occurred. They can either call police at 335-6621.