Marshalltown police investigate BB gun near school

MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa (AP) - Police in Marshalltown are investigating the use of a BB gun near an elementary school.

Capt. Brian Batterson with the Marshalltown Police Department says an unidentified person shot a BB gun Wednesday morning that hit the window of a street sweeper. The driver of the vehicle was not injured.

Batterson tells Des Moines television station KCCI (https://bit.ly/QFKmcs ) that nearby Woodbury Elementary School was not put on lockdown because the scene was cleared and there was no risk to the public.

Additional information was not released. The case remains under investigation.

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Information from: KCCI-TV, https://www.kcci.com