Post Falls home was shot with arrow

POST FALLS - A Post Falls woman woke up Saturday morning and found something in her backyard that didn't belong: An arrow piercing one of her home's window-frames.

The woman, who has lived on Dunbar Street for about 30 years, immediately contacted the Kootenai County Sheriff's Office to inform them of the discovery. When deputies arrived at the home, they were taken to the southwest corner of the building where, according to a police report, they too observed the arrow stuck in the window frame.

"The arrow penetrated the screen on the lower portion of the window and then traveled in between the glass and the screen, penetrating the plastic window frame on the north side of the window, causing damage to both the screen and the frame of the window," the report states. "Due to the hole in the screen being level with where the arrow punctured the window frame, I believe the arrow was shot from a close range."

The deputy stated the arrow, which had a camouflage paint design with two bright-green fletchings and one purple one, did not break the glass but penetrated the frame approximately 4 inches.

When questioned by officers, the woman told them that she has "never even had so much as an argument" with any of her neighbors.

Upon further investigation, the deputy determined that the arrow had been shot from the backyard of a home directly south of the woman's residence. When the deputy questioned the homeowners and their children, he was told that no one at the home owns a bow and arrows.

A man who lives at the home told the deputy he was "a little un-nerved" that someone was in his backyard without his knowledge and that he would be "on the lookout" for anyone in the area that might have shot the arrow.

The woman told police she did not want to press charges as long as it was determined that the arrow was not shot at her home intentionally.