Dozens of Costa Mesa residents woke up Tuesday morning to discover that their car windows had been shot out by a vandal wielding a BB gun.
Thirty-three cars were hit in the so-called “bird tract” neighborhood of Costa Mesa.
A rude awakening and an expensive inconvenience.
"I know it’s, like, horrible. It’s sickening that someone came in and did all that all the damage," said Ami Joyce, one of the vandal’s victims.
Victims said the damage was costly in both time lost from work and money for repairs.
Popping sounds and glass shattering woke some of the victims up around 3:30 a.m.
Others, like Mark Feldman, got a knock on the door from police.
"My wife and I were asleep," Feldman said. "We hadn't heard a thing. Police officer said 'your car has a shattered window and bunch of other cars in the neighborhood.'"
Feldman's Lexus got hit.
At first police counted a dozen cars. Then the number swelled to more than 30.
Someone had apparently driven through the neighborhood shooting out car windows.
The Tuppans told our sister station Telemundo they got hit three times.
"My husband's truck, my daughter's 4Runner and my Nissan Murano," said Trina Tuppan.
"It was like. disbelief. I never, ever. We've been here 28 years and never had anything like this happen before."
The vandals also targeted the home of Kevin Kiser.
"Two shots (into) our front window," Kiser said.
No one was hurt but a lot of phone calls were made to insurance companies.
Police said they have no suspects and are asking anyone with information to call the Costa Mesa Police Department.
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