Police responded to gun calls and two shooting reports Monday, but only one of those incidents turned up any evidence -- shell casings from a late-morning shooting near Chestnut and Hampshire streets.
HOLYOKE -- Paper City authorities responded to multiple reports of shootings and gun calls Monday, but only one of those incidents turned up any evidence, according to police.
People scattered as gunshots rang out near the intersection of Chestnut and Hampshire streets around 11:50 a.m. Monday, but it remains unknown if anyone was injured in the incident.
"People were seen running from the area," Holyoke Police Sgt. Stephen Loftus said.
As of early Tuesday morning, however, no victims had showed up for treatment at local hospitals and police had no suspects in the shooting, Loftus said.
"They did find some spent shells on the sidewalk in that area," he said.
Officers responded to another daytime shooting report around 2:26 p.m., after receiving reports of gunfire in the vicinity of 300 Walnut Street. But no shell casings or other evidence was recovered, Loftus said.
Police received other gun calls at 12:04 a.m. and 3:18 p.m., but neither incident produced any suspects or led to any arrests. The incidents either were unfounded or ended with investigating officers being unable to locate any suspects, Loftus said.
In the latter report, Loftus said, police were told a man was seen riding a bicycle in the vicinity of Appleton and Oak streets with a gun tucked into the waistband of his shorts. Officers who searched the area were unable to locate a suspect, Loftus said.