{"id":314397,"date":"2026-10-26T08:46:23","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T08:46:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/314397\/"},"modified":"2026-10-26T08:46:23","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T08:46:23","slug":"gunshots-hit-homes-vehicles-during-bucks-county-car-theft-nbc10-philadelphia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/314397\/","title":{"rendered":"Gunshots hit homes, vehicles during Bucks County car theft \u2013 NBC10 Philadelphia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Residents of a quiet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcphiladelphia.com\/tag\/bucks-county\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Bucks County<\/a> neighborhood were startled awake by gunfire early Friday morning after armed suspects allegedly opened fire during an attempted vehicle theft.<\/p>\n<p>The gunfire erupted around 4 a.m. in Croydon, where neighbors said suspects fired shots at a resident who interrupted them trying to steal his vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>The suspects were unsuccessful in stealing that vehicle, but neighbors said at least two other vehicles were stolen during the incident.<\/p>\n<p>Several bullets struck nearby property, including a Dodge vehicle, a garage wall and another home. Some of the bullets pierced the side of the Dodge, while others became lodged in the garage wall.<\/p>\n<p>One of the stolen vehicles belonged to Kyle Brooks, who said he had purchased his truck just days before the incident.<\/p>\n<p>Brooks relied on the truck for his roofing and siding business and said it contained tools, valuable equipment and paperwork. The truck&#8217;s whereabouts remain unknown.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the loss, Brooks said he is more concerned about the suspects&#8217; willingness to open fire in a residential neighborhood than he is about replacing his vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They can have it is. It is what it is. It\u2019s just a shame that you\u2019ve got to fire shots off for innocent people just because you\u2019re annoyed, you\u2019re mad that you couldn\u2019t get another vehicle,&#8221; Brooks said.<\/p>\n<p>Brooks is urging neighbors to remain vigilant following the incident.<\/p>\n<p>He and other residents on the block have video footage of what happened, and Brooks said he filed a police report with Bristol Township police.<\/p>\n<p>It remains unclear how many suspects police are looking for.<\/p>\n<p>This story was originally reported for broadcast by NBC Philadelphia. AI tools helped convert the story to a digital article, and an NBC Philadelphia journalist edited the article for publication.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Residents of a quiet Bucks County neighborhood were startled awake by gunfire early Friday morning after armed suspects&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":314398,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[197,69,71,70],"class_list":["post-314397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-bucks-county","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314397","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=314397"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314397\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/314398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=314397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=314397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=314397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}