Brick or Air Gun / Gun attack on No.3 bus Montgomery Rd S7

This happened yesterday evening 2 loud bangs after driving past the top of Empire Road(crescent rd) along Montgomery Road,Sharrow on the no.3 bus into Nether Edge thankfully no one was hurt..although the bus driver was shook up by it ..2 windows hit. Due to the 2 small holes in 2 windows it could only have been either a gun or an air gun..

Footage after the incident here

I have seen catapults with steel bearings cause as much damage as this, less likely to be as obvious as an air rifle etc whilst they walk the streets

It made much more of a bang than a brick could have. Plus if it was a catapult theyd have had to be quick. There were two small holes a metre apart by whatever was fired at a fast moving bus ...

It made much more of a bang than a brick could have. Plus if it was a catapult theyd have had to be quick. There were two small holes a metre apart by whatever was fired at a fast moving bus ...

Most likely to be a b b gun

edited, in the assumption of sarcasm

Most likely to be a b b gun

Not powerful enough to break a bus window. Same goes for a "legal" 12 foot pounds max air gun, not powerful enough to shoot through a bus window.

Angel1.

Not powerful enough to break a bus window. Same goes for a "legal" 12 foot pounds max air gun, not powerful enough to shoot through a bus window.

 

Angel1.

Trust me they are powerful enough as some use small ball bearings ,quite a few cars got their windows put through on my road and in some they found the ball bearings

there seems to be a spate of this type of crime and its only a matter of time before some one gets injured or blinded or even killed,there have been several shooting by air rifles at park staff in greenhill,lowedges,and batemoor and 3 people shot at 11.30pm on greenhill park on aug 13th ,clearing the last remnants of the lowedges festival,the staff were shot,2x flesh injurys,police and dog unit visited,but alas no culprits caught,so we could be having a epidemic on our hands.

One bus on Eastbank Road about 15 years ago was fired on by something that went clear through the bus i'e through one side window, across the bus and then out through the opposite side window.

This is was happens when you ignore anti-social behaviour for so long. It escalates.

They had the same issue in New York and Mayor Giuliani brought in zero tolerance policing and introduced the 'Broken windows theory'.

Its now one the greatest cities on earth.

It made much more of a bang than a brick could have. Plus if it was a catapult theyd have had to be quick. There were two small holes a metre apart by whatever was fired at a fast moving bus ...

If you put two 1/4" solid steal ball bearings in a catapult, fling it at as much power as you can, it can cause that damage, and cause a loud BANG as they hit the window... they will usually split apart slightly during flight also, I notice how the 'holes' (what's left of them at least) are about the same size/height/position on the window (but opposite obviously) - this matches the 2 ball bearing scenario perfectly...

This is was happens when you ignore anti-social behaviour for so long. It escalates.

 

They had the same issue in New York and Mayor Giuliani brought in zero tolerance policing and introduced the 'Broken windows theory'.

 

Its now one the greatest cities on earth.

You do know this has been widely debunked?

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/20/opinion/the-legacy-of-zero-tolerance-policing.html?mcubz=1