Rock band's tour bus vandalized in Topeka after pellet gun shooting
TOPEKA (KSNT) - An American rock band passing through the Topeka area received a less than warm welcome last week when its tour bus was vandalized.
At 4:57 p.m. on May 26, the Sister Hazel band posted to their Facebook photos of a window on their tour bus reportedly being shot out while they were staying the night in Topeka. The band is on tour at the moment and was just passing through the area on their way to their next stop in Estes Park, Colorado.
No one was injured as the incident happened at a time when the band was asleep. However, the band did note on Facebook that it was lucky that nobody was "in that line of fire" sitting at the table seat beneath the window when the "shooter" targeted the bus.
27 News reached out to both the Topeka Police Department and Sister Hazel for more information about the incident. While Sister Hazel declined to comment on the event, the TPD responded with the official police report which stated that the vandalism happened at 1 a.m. on May 26 at 914 SW Henderson.
Police responded to the location on a report of vandalism to a bus. A band spokesperson said that he was in the bus when he heard a loud noise and later found that one of the windows had been shattered. While the spokesperson said that he didn't hear anything that sounded like a gunshot, he believed that it might have been done with a pellet gun.
Officers looked around the area but did not find any other victims or vehicle damage. The band was able to repair the damaged window quickly and moved on to their next tour destination.
To see the original Facebook post from Sister Hazel on the incident, click here.