Gunfire riddles multiple Briargate homes with bullets, hits baby’s crib, leaves residents stunned

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) - Homeowners in one Briargate neighborhood in Colorado Springs are still left in total disbelief after their quiet street was riddled with bullets and gunfire over the weekend.

One family's 14-month-old baby was just one foot away from possibly being hit by a bullet, which lodged into the headboard of her crib, while others have damages to repair within their homes.

The Colorado Springs Police Department (CSPD) says they are investigating the reports of the gunfire, and were on the scene just after 1 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 15, speaking with residents, collecting shell casings, and extracting bullets that were still intact.

Residents say they were told police believe it to be a random act of violence, however, there are no suspects at this time.

One homeowner told KRDO13 that a bullet that went through his neighbor's house, flew into his baby's room while she was sleeping, and lodged into the side of her crib, just 12 inches from where their head lay on the pillow that morning.

Another neighbor, whose house was hit by seven different bullets said they felt like they were in a "warzone", and that their husband had gotten up to go to the bathroom minutes before the gunfire rang out. A bathroom, that now sports a bullet hole with cracked glass around it.

Those bullets also broke picture frames, and left multiple holes in their kitchen cabinets, as well as a recliner in their living room.

A third homeowner, up the street, Sheri Booth, was not home at the time of a separate burst of gunfire that tore through her home, but she did catch the gunshots on her security cameras in her living room.

Booth says a dog sitter that was at her house at the time, called her and alerted her to what had happened. She was stunned to see the damage when she opened Booth's home office.

The eight-year resident along Summerhill Drive suffered three different gunshots through her window, which continued right through a shelf, and subsequently the wall, into her living room. One bullet nicked her large mounted TV, and luckily didn't strike much else.

Booth was also told that a neighbor spotted a red laser being pointed at her backyard fence late Saturday night, and early Sunday morning. CSPD says they were told that detail in their reports as well.

It's unclear at this time what weapons were used, or who the suspects are.

Homeowners tell KRDO13 it is completely uncharacteristic of the community, and the Briargate area as a whole. They say they're shaken, and still confused as to why this happened.

CSPD is still investigating the shots fired.