Calaveras County – As reported previously on TSPNTV.com, the Calaveras County Sheriff’s Office mobilized all available officers in the Valley Springs area 2 days before Christmas after a string of vehicle-on-vehicle drive-by shootings damaged 4 vehicles, with all drivers apparently escaping serious injury. Calaveras County Sheriff’s Sergeant Dave Seawell said authorities were investigating 4 vehicle shootings that occurred Tuesday, December 22, and a drive-by shooting that occurred about 6 days before. Seawell said the Calaveras sheriff’s office was investigating the incidents as “random shootings.” Four motorists were shot at on Tuesday, December 22, as they were driving in the Valley Springs area. At approximately 5:15 a.m. that day, a 37-year-old female was on her way to work traveling north on Hartvickson Lane near Partridge Road when the glass on the driver’s side window of her vehicle shattered. The victim pulled to the side of the road and discovered a bullet hole in the driver side door just below the window. The victim reported she did not see any vehicles pass her. Seawell said at about 5:45 a.m., a 49-year-old female was traveling west on Highway 12 near Evans Road when she heard a loud bang. The victim thought her vehicle kicked up a rock that struck the vehicle. The victim later discovered her vehicle had a bullet hole in the driver’s side passenger door. The victim reported she had passed a vehicle that was traveling east on Highway 12 but could not provide a description due to it being dark. At 5:55 a.m., a 52-year-old female was traveling east on Highway 26 near St. Andrews Road when her vehicle was shot. Deputies recovered a bullet that had traveled through the vehicle’s hood and lodged in the engine compartment. The victim reported a vehicle had passed her heading west but she could not provide a description due to it being dark. At 10:50 p.m. Tuesday, a 37-year-old male was traveling west on Highway 26 near Jenny Lind Approach Road when a bullet was shot through the driver’s side window of his vehicle. The bullet exited through the passenger side window. The victim said he had passed a vehicle heading east on Highway 26. The victim said he saw a flash as the vehicle passed and then his windows shattered. The victim told deputies he pulled to the side of the road and noticed the vehicle he had passed had stopped. The victim, fearing for his safety proceeded to drive out of the area. The victim described the suspect vehicle to be a light colored, late model sedan. The sheriff’s office is also investigating a drive-by shooting that occurred on or about December 17 at a home on Highway 26 near Vista Del Lago Road in Valley Springs. It is unknown whether the drive-by shooting is related to the shootings that occurred on Tuesday, December 22. Investigators have recovered bullets from the shootings and can confirm all of the bullets are similar and came from a small caliber weapon. Seawell said investigators have not found a link between the victims or a motive for the shootings. There have been no reported injuries. In response to the shootings the Calaveras County Sheriff’s Office called in all available personnel to patrol the Valley Springs area. The office urges anyone with information regarding the case to call the sheriff’s public line at 754-6500 or the anonymous tip line at 754-6030. Story by Jim Reece This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.