Police are unsure why a North Visalia apartment was used as target practice

Sheyanne N Romero
Visalia Times-Delta
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Windows of a north Visalia apartment were shattered after someone decided to open fire in the neighborhood. 

The shooter remains on the loose. 

Just before midnight, police were called to the 200 block of Northwest 3rd Street.

Witnesses said they heard gunshots.

After checking the area, officers discovered someone fired multiple rounds at a nearby apartment. The apartment was occupied, police said.

The suspected shooter got away before police arrived. 

No injuries were reported, but several windows of the apartment were damaged. Sgt. Chris Jennings said officers are unsure why the apartment was targeted.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Visalia Police Department at 734-8117.

Just a few hours before the shooting, officers were called to another violent incident in the 3500 block of West Campus Avenue. 

A man had been assaulted, police said. 

Officers arrived and interviewed the alleged victim.  

The man told officers he was in an argument with Scott Crawford, 25, of Visalia, when things got physical.

Crawford pulled his vehicle behind the man's vehicle and the two began arguing over a "transaction," police said. After the argument, Crawford returned to his vehicle, and "intentionally" accelerated toward the victim, Sgt. Jon Pree said. 

Crawford hit the man and the man's vehicle, briefly pinning the victim between the two vehicles. Police said Crawford then assaulted the man. 

After the altercation, Crawford went to police headquarters to turn himself in. 

He was arrested and booked into Tulare County Pretrial Facility on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon, and vandalism.

His bail is set at $50,000. 

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