Vandals do $50,000 damage smashing Kelowna bus shelters

More than $50,000 worth of damage has been done to 59 Kelowna transit shelters over the past few weeks.

“During an incident on Rutland Road in the late evening of January 22, 2022, a witness reported an old model blue Nissan/Datsun or Toyota car driving slowly past a bus shelter,” a Kelowna RCMP news release issued today, March 8, said.

“The witness then heard what sounded like a high powered air gun being fired, and the glass in the bus shelter ‘just shattered.’”

Police are asking anyone with information about any of the incidents to call 250-762-3300 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or by leaving a tip online at www.crimestoppers.net.

“In addition to denying transit users some protection from our winter weather, these incidents of vandalism have cost the taxpayers of Kelowna at least $50,000, just to replace the glass alone,” Mike Kittmer, transit service coordinator for the City of Kelowna, said in the release.

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