Deputies now know what broke the window of a remote Washougal home Friday evening. They say a neighbor firing his 12-gauge shotgun damaged the home on Southeast 70th Street, in a densely wooded part of the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area.
The residents called 911 to report the gunfire and shattered window at about 5:40 p.m. Friday.
After digging a projectile out of the house’s front door and another from the roof, investigators identified them as 12-gauge buckshot pellets, Clark County sheriff’s Sgt. Chad Rothenberger said.
“We recontacted a neighbor who initially denied knowing anything about it. We found a spent shotgun casing and he admitted shooting a 12-gauge three or four times at what he said was a raccoon,” Rothenberger said.
