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Tuesday, October 24, 2006
Bullet pierces home in Ohioville
Sarah Vaccarelli, Times Staff
10/24/2006
Stephanie Ordich was applying mascara Saturday morning when she heard a noise that sounded like a bottle rocket. She ran upstairs from her game room to her living room, where she found pieces of dry wall scattered across her carpet.
On the right hand side of the wall, above the couch, Ordich saw a tiny bullet hole. She screamed for her husband, Tom.
As Ordich called 911 and the Pennsylvania Game Commission, she saw a red and silver truck speed down Fairview Avenue in Ohioville, where their two-story home sits peacefully.
Whether it was driven by the people who struck the house, no one knows for sure, but Ordich is convinced.
"I will confront whoever it is when we find that truck," she said.
The bullet, fired from a .223 caliber rifle, struck the aluminum siding and penetrated that wall and the wall, just above the reclining chair where Tom Ordich usually with his morning cup of coffee.
Doug Carney of the Pennsylvania Game Commission said Saturday was the opening day of small game season and the first day that junior and senior hunters were permitted to hunt deer.
Ohioville police said if the person responsible for the shooting is caught, they could be charged with shooting in a safety zone and perhaps reckless endangerment.
Officials were still investigating Monday afternoon.
Stephanie and Tom Ordich, who have lived in their home at 396 Fairview Ave. for five years, said they hear gun shots often but their home has not been damaged.
Stephanie Ordich said she's not sure if the shooter was careless or playing around, but she thinks a blow-up Frankenstein in her front yard could have been the intended target.
"I don't think this is too damn funny," she said.
Ordich, whose 14-year-old son is also a hunter, said she just wishes everyone would remember the safety rules and read posted warning signs.
"I don't have anything against hunters," she said. "Just use caution."
Sarah Vaccarelli can be reached online at [email protected].
©Beaver County Times Allegheny Times 2006
Tuesday, October 24, 2006
Bullet pierces home in Ohioville
Sarah Vaccarelli, Times Staff
10/24/2006
Stephanie Ordich was applying mascara Saturday morning when she heard a noise that sounded like a bottle rocket. She ran upstairs from her game room to her living room, where she found pieces of dry wall scattered across her carpet.
On the right hand side of the wall, above the couch, Ordich saw a tiny bullet hole. She screamed for her husband, Tom.
As Ordich called 911 and the Pennsylvania Game Commission, she saw a red and silver truck speed down Fairview Avenue in Ohioville, where their two-story home sits peacefully.
Whether it was driven by the people who struck the house, no one knows for sure, but Ordich is convinced.
"I will confront whoever it is when we find that truck," she said.
The bullet, fired from a .223 caliber rifle, struck the aluminum siding and penetrated that wall and the wall, just above the reclining chair where Tom Ordich usually with his morning cup of coffee.
Doug Carney of the Pennsylvania Game Commission said Saturday was the opening day of small game season and the first day that junior and senior hunters were permitted to hunt deer.
Ohioville police said if the person responsible for the shooting is caught, they could be charged with shooting in a safety zone and perhaps reckless endangerment.
Officials were still investigating Monday afternoon.
Stephanie and Tom Ordich, who have lived in their home at 396 Fairview Ave. for five years, said they hear gun shots often but their home has not been damaged.
Stephanie Ordich said she's not sure if the shooter was careless or playing around, but she thinks a blow-up Frankenstein in her front yard could have been the intended target.
"I don't think this is too damn funny," she said.
Ordich, whose 14-year-old son is also a hunter, said she just wishes everyone would remember the safety rules and read posted warning signs.
"I don't have anything against hunters," she said. "Just use caution."
Sarah Vaccarelli can be reached online at [email protected].
©Beaver County Times Allegheny Times 2006
