(La Porte County, IN) - A La Porte County property owner has promised not to do any more target shooting until he builds a proper backstop after neighbor complained about a close call with stray bullets.  That’s according to La Porte County Police, who responded Saturday afternoon to the 4100 block of North County Road 50 West.

 

A man complained he heard three stray bullets “whiz by him” and other bullets landing on his house during a two hour period of shots being fired, police said.  The responding officer talked to the men, who police said were firing antique guns at a steel target about 100 yards away.  The officer determined the men were firing from the top of a hill down through an open farm field.

 

Police said the only backstop to catch the bullets was a small hill which was just part of the natural landscape.

 

The property owner told the officer he's been shooting there for years without any problems and promised not to shoot again until he builds a proper back stop to prevent the bullets from traveling greater distances, according to police.