(The following report appeared on the Toledo Blade website on June 6.)
DEFIANCE, Ohio — A gunshot fired at a CSX Transportation Corp. train near here yesterday afternoon struck the locomotive’s windshield, causing no injury but prompting the railroad to halt trains in the area for half an hour, authorities said.
Gary Sease, a CSX spokesman, said a bullet struck the windshield of an eastbound train near the Harris Road crossing in Richland Township at about 2:19 p.m. Mr. Sease said he did not know the extent of damage to the locomotive except to say that the train did not need to stop because of it.
The Defiance County Sheriff’s department said CSX railroad police were handling the case, but reported that a stopped train blocked the Ottawa Avenue crossing in Defiance while the area east of the city was checked for signs of the shooter.